Eleena Misra has a broad ranging practice, which covers general commercial law and employment. Eleena is known for her fearless advocacy, strategic input and ability to remain calm in the face of difficulty.

In respect of her employment law practice, Eleena has a particular expertise in discrimination, TUPE, whistle-blowing, bullying and harassment and breach of contract cases.

Eleena's clients have ranged from individual claimants, professionals, high profile sports and media personalities to multinational banks and she has in depth experience in working in the public sector having represented many NHS trusts, local authorities and the police.

On the commercial side, Eleena has been instructed in many high value High Court actions and has been led by senior members of chambers in the Chancery and Queen's Bench divisions in employment injunctions and large scale commercial disputes.

With strong experience in professional negligence cases involving unions, Eleena has a particular interest in medico-legal matters and was seconded to Mills & Reeve's Healthcare department headed up by David Lock.

Eleena regularly appears in Employment Tribunals and Courts nationwide. She is an active member of the Bar Council's Law Reform and Young Barristers Committees on the Civil Team. Eleena is also a member of ELA, ELBA, ELAAS, COMBAR, PNBA and the Bar Pro Bono Unit. She speaks French and German.

EDUCATION

MA(Oxon) Jurisprudence - Balliol College, University of Oxford
President Oxford University Law Society
Called to the Bar July 2001
Diplock Scholar (Middle Temple)

CORE PRACTICE AREAS
Employment Law

Strong practice in employment law with particular expertise in discrimination cases, public interest disclosures, bullying and harassment, disciplinary matters, TUPE, deduction of wages, breach of contract (including bonus disputes) and restrictive covenants.
Regular advocacy at Tribunal, Court and at appellate level.
Advisory work on all of the above areas, on employer handbooks, settlement, the drafting of compromise agreements and best practice for employers.
Particular expertise in internal disciplinary and investigative work.
Clients range from individual claimants to multi-national banks and corporations. Particular experience of working for local authorities and NHS Trusts.
Co-author of and contributor to several legal publications including Atkins on Employment and Equal Opportunities, Blackstone's Employment Law Practice and Tucker & George on Discrimination in Employment.
Training seminars and lectures on a wide variety of topics – most recently, age discrimination.

Reported Cases
Jervis v UNISON [2006] All ER (D) 141 [DISCRIMINATION]
Hamill v Kent County Council [2005] All ER (D) 124 [DISCRIMINATION]
Ganatra v. LNBIE Limited [2004] All ER (D) 63 [PUBLIC INTEREST DISCLOSURE]
Hardy v Polk (Leeds) Limited [2004] IRLR 420. [BREACH OF CONTRACT]

General Commercial Law

Instructed on a number of high value trials in the High Court.
Led by senior members of chambers on a variety of matters including injunctive relief in the High Court, large scale contractual disputes and economic tort cases.
Strong experience of professional negligence cases especially involving unions.
Acted as counsel in a number of mediations.
Especial interest in medico-legal matters (disciplinary, general healthcare and negligence cases) in respect of which a secondment to the Healthcare Department of Mills & Reeve in Birmingham was undertaken in 2006.
Member of chambers' junior arbitration team.