Lydia Banerjee (nee Carter)

Having been called to the Bar in 2007 Lydia joined Chambers in 2009 following the successful completion of her pupillage. 

Prior to commencing pupillage Lydia gained significant commercial experience at Deloitte in their indirect tax division working, in part, with the in house legal team.  She is also able to draw on over six year’s experience as a director of two private limited companies and chair of a registered children’s charity.  Understanding commercial and employment matters from within the industry enables Lydia to provide practical and tactical advice alongside sound legal analysis.

Some client comments include:

“I was blown away by her level of dedication”

“Diligent, responsive and down to earth”

“Lydia was very comforting at a time of great stress”

“A lawyer who has not only advised on the law but thought tactically and intelligently”

commercial

 

Lydia’s commercial practice covers all aspects of contractual disputes and insolvency proceedings.  She regularly appears in the county court on cases involving enforcement of judgments, breach of contract and disputed costs.

Lydia has been involved in several injunction applications in which members of chambers were appearing including an appeal to the Court of Appeal. 

During pupillage she worked on Colliers CRE Plc v Pandya & Others an unlawful means conspiracy claim in which two members of chambers were counsel.  She also worked on a complex banking case involving issues as to the fairness of terms in investment banking agreements: Credit Suisse (UK) Ltd v Tisun Investments Ltd.

Lydia has also appeared in the Lands Tribunal and High Court and has experience of the VAT tribunal from both her time with Deloitte and during pupillage.

employment

 

Lydia undertakes work in all areas of employment law and is instructed by both claimants and respondents at all stages of proceedings. 

Lydia’s practice covers issues such as:

  • Unfair/wrongful dismissal
  • Redundancy
  • Discrimination on grounds of religion/age/disability/gender/sexual orientation
  • Maternity and paternity rights
  • Unlawful deductions
  • TUPE
  • Contractual disputes on termination of employment
  • Equal Pay


education & awards

 

Education:

First Class degree, Law, Cambridge University (2003-2006)

Bar Vocational Course, ICSL, (2006-2007)

 

Awards

Queen Mother Scholarship (Middle Temple)

Senior Harris Scholar (Downing College)

Listed in the Who’s Who of Britain’s Young Entrepreneurs 2006

Listed in the Who’s Who of Emerging Business Leaders 2007 and 2008

Talks & Publications

 

Talks:

Recent topics include

“TUPE in the Court of Appeal: Dynamic or Static and Mistaken but honest belief”

“Protecting the crown jewels: the protection of client lists and databases”

“Whistleblowing – What’s new?”

 

Publications:

Lydia assisted Lord Hacking in preparing and collating a collection of papers on the Rule of Law including assisting Lord Phillips by updating his keynote paper.  The papers were published in The International Lawyer (2009).

Professional Memberships

 

Employment Law Bar Association (ELBA)

Industrial Law Society (ILS)


Call: 2007
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