Gary Self | Direct Access - Pump Court Chambers

Employment Lawyers Association

Gary has a strong interest in all sports and spends time coaching and refereeing rugby now that his youth is a distant memory.

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Commercial
Direct Access
Employment
Family Finance

Instructing Gary Self

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"He's very impressive in front of clients and has a good rapport with them. He puts them at ease and his advocacy is very strong. He's very good at dealing with difficult cases and knows when to be robust and when to be more sensitive."

Chambers & Partners 2019

"He has an excellent client manner, superb cross-examination skills and he proposes creative solutions."

Chambers & Partners 2018

"He gives good commercial advice and has great client-handling skills." "He's an extremely robust advocate."

Chambers and Partners 2014

"Experienced in employment matters, including police disputes"

Legal 500

Gary Self is a specialist employment and family law barrister.

Legal Services

Employment

Gary has been described in the Legal 500 as being “Highly technical and commercial with excellent advocacy skills” and “very good, one of the best on the Western Circuit for employment” and further by Chambers UK 2014 as ‘a leader in the field’ of Employment matters.

Gary has a proven track record of success across the whole range of employment related disputes. He makes regular appearances in Employment Tribunals around the UK acting for substantial organisations in both the public and private sector as well as for individual claimants. He has extensive experience of employment disputes within the police. Gary has a great deal of litigation experience in complex discrimination issues. As an Employment Judge of some ten years Gary is able to bring a wealth of experience to any dispute.

In addition Gary has often dealt with restraint of trade cases in the County and High Court as well as other employment related commercial disputes. He has also appeared before the appropriate appellate courts.

Family Finance

Gary has twenty five years experience in family finance work and is regularly instructed in complex and high net worth family cases. Gary has appeared in countless family finance hearings and is renowned for fighting his client’s corner and has been recommended for his straight talking and effective cross examination. He is always willing to give pragmatic, down to earth advice to enable clients to know exactly what their options are from the outset.

Selected Cases

Successfully appealing a final hearing and improving the result in a case involving hidden assets over a substantial period.

Successfully settling a complex real property related family finance case at the financial dispute resolution (FDR)

A case involving complex valuation involving businesses over many different locations

Commercial

Gary has undertaken a full range of civil litigation disputes and continues to do so both in the High Court and County Court.

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If you require help or advice please contact our clerking team.

Call +44 (0)20 7353 0711 or email clerks@pumpcourtchambers.com.