Daniel Barnett

Daniel Barnett is a leading employment law barrister practising from Outer Temple Chambers in London. With 25 years’ experience defending public and private sector employers against employment claims, he has represented a Royal Family, several international airlines, FTSE-100 companies and various NHS Trusts and local authorities. Employee clients include David & Victoria Beckham’s nanny and Paul Mason (subject of the ITV documentary ‘Britain’s Fattest Man’). Daniel is a member of the BAILII advisory board, and a past chair of the Employment Lawyers’ Association’s publishing committee and electronic services working party. He is the author or co-author of twelve books, including the Law Society Handbook on Employment Law (currently in its 7th edition). He is the creator of the Employment Law (UK) mailing list, an email alerter bulletin service sending details of breaking news in employment law three times a week to 30,000 recipients. He is one of the leading speakers and trainers on the employment law and HR circuit. He has presented seminars for the House of Commons, the BBC, Oxford University, HSBC, Barclays Bank, Ocado, and dozens of other organisations in-house, and keynoted at national and international conferences. In 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2019 he wrote and presented the Employment Law MasterClass national tour, speaking to thousands of employment lawyers and HR Professionals around the UK. He produces the Employment Law Matters podcast, www.danielbarnett.co.uk/podcast, ranked #1 on the Apple Podcast Store for management podcasts in the UK. As well as full-time practice as a barrister and speaker, Daniel is an experienced entrepreneur. He is the founder and owner of Employment Law Services Ltd (a legal publishing company), which provides marketing and educational services to employment lawyers and HR professionals. In 2007, he co-founded CPD Webinars Ltd, then the UK's leading webinar training company for lawyers, and sold it to Thomson Reuters in 2011. In 2015 he founded the HR Inner Circle (www.hrinnercircle.co.uk), a membership club for smart, ambitious HR Professionals. Daniel has co-presented the legal hour, a weekly phone-in radio show, on LBC Radio since 2010. He is widely sought after as a commentator in both broadcast and print media on all legal issues.