Daniel commenced pupillage in October 2024. He has an abiding interest in labour law, industrial relations, public, and personal injury law.
Prior to coming to the Bar, Daniel worked at the Free Representation Unit (FRU) as a Legal Officer. He regularly represented claimants in employment tribunals across the entire spectrum of employment claims, including discrimination, whistleblowing, TUPE, and holiday pay. He also regularly represented appellants in social security appeals, as well as criminal injuries compensation, war pensions and industrial injuries benefits appeals. Alongside a busy caseload, he also supervised FRU volunteers running employment and social security tribunal cases.
Daniel has already gained experience of led and unled appellate work in the Employment Appeal Tribunal and Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber), such as Hilton Food Solutions Ltd v Wright [2024] ICR 862 (re: scope of unfair dismissal protections for parental leave), Secretary of State for Work & Pensions v NJ (ESA) [2024] UKUT 194 (AAC) (re: test for temporary absences from GB for medical treatment), and Matondo v Kingsland Nursery Limited [2024] EAT 123 (re: approach to corroboration of evidence). He has also assisted and instructed counsel in complex appellate cases up to the Court of Appeal and the European Court of Human Rights.
Previously, Daniel worked as a housing and welfare benefits caseworker at Z2K, the anti-poverty charity, and at South West London Law Centres, as well as voluntary experience at UVW, FRU, Liberty, CAB, and the Prisoners’ Advice Service.
Daniel speaks Swedish (bilingual), intermediate Italian, Russian, and French, and basic Ukrainian.
Awards and prizes
Certificate of Honour, Middle Temple
Queen Mother Scholarship & Harmsworth Entrance Exhibition, Middle Temple
Excellence Scholarship & Career Commitment Scholarship, BPP
Academic Scholarship, St Hugh’s College, University of Oxford.
Academic history
PGDip, Legal Practice (Bar), BPP (Distinction)
GDL, BPP (Distinction)
MPhil in Political Thought and Intellectual History, University of Cambridge (Distinction)
BA History, University of Oxford (First)
