Geraint Probert

Call 2010

‘Geraint is an exceptional barrister with excellent attention to detail. He is very quick thinking and has a confident, calm and measured style. He is very personable and has a great rapport with clients.’

For enquiries please contact

Rob McDonald
Practice Manager - Employment, Costs & Litigation Funding
0117 930 9000
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‘Geraint is an exceptional barrister with excellent attention to detail. He is very quick thinking and has a confident, calm and measured style. He is very personable and has a great rapport with clients.’


Legal 500 UK 2023

"He is reliable, diligent and an excellent advocate."


Chambers & Partners UK 2023

"He has a lovely manner about him that clients warm to. He is very straightforward, and the tribunals really trust him and like him."


Chambers & Partners 2021

"Clear written advice. Persuasive advocacy during employment tribunal hearings. Personable with good client management skills."


Legal 500 2021

"He's very approachable and diligent in his assessment of a case. He's a formidable advocate who is articulate and commercially astute."


Chambers & Partners 2020

"He's been fantastic in the work we've given him and he has a very natural way with clients."


Chambers & Partners 2019

"He has a very pragmatic approach to matters and is able to provide novel resolutions to challenging situations."


Chambers & Partners 2018

  • Safford Scholarship, Middle Temple
  • BVC, Cardiff Law School
  • LLB, Cardiff University

  • Employment Lawyers’ Association (ELA)
  • Employment Law Bar Association (ELBA)
  • Discrimination Law Association (DLA)

Geraint Probert is a specialist Employment & Discrimination barrister.

He acts for claimants and respondents and provides an expert and comprehensive advocacy service. He is sensitive to client needs and delivers practical advice and creative solutions. He is good with clients and trusted by tribunals.

Geraint is instructed on multi-week hearings and appeals. He has been opposing counsel to QC’s and part-time judges. He has advised on freezing injunctions, professional negligence and restrictive covenants.

Expertise

Geraint acts for claimants and respondents in all areas of employment tribunal litigation. He provides an expert, comprehensive and practical advocacy and advice service. Geraint is sensitive to the difficulties facing clients when embroiled in litigation and ensures that they receive realistic and objective analysis, as well as robust performance in their case.

Geraint is instructed to take multi-day hearings, deal with preliminary matters and apply for strikeouts and deposit orders. He is experienced in dealing with discrimination claims, being able to advise on strategy, merits and settlements.

Featured Employment & Discrimination cases


Tai Tarian Ltd v Christie (2020) UKEAT/0059/19

Appeared in the Appeal Tribunal, successfully challenging an Employment Tribunal decision regarding anonymous witness evidence on perversity grounds.


Elliott v Dorset Council (2021) UKEAT/0197/20

Representing a claimant before the Appeal Tribunal on the issue of whether Asperger’s Syndrome is a disability under the statutory definition; succeeded in overturning the Tribunal’s finding on disability.


Talon Engineering Ltd v Smith [2018] IRLR 1104

Appeared in the Appeal Tribunal in the reported case.


Represented a claimant in a case involving allegations of serious sexual assault and harassment in her workplace (resulted in settlement).


Instructed in a four-week tribunal claim for whistleblowing detriment and dismissal, representing an NHS consultant histopathologist, opposing counsel to Simon Gorton QC.


Represented a claimant in a large Costs Litigation application, opposing counsel to Ben Cooper QC.

For enquiries please contact

Rob McDonald
Practice Manager - Employment, Costs & Litigation Funding
0117 930 9000
Click here to email

‘Geraint is an exceptional barrister with excellent attention to detail. He is very quick thinking and has a confident, calm and measured style. He is very personable and has a great rapport with clients.’


Legal 500 UK 2023

"He is reliable, diligent and an excellent advocate."


Chambers & Partners UK 2023

"He has a lovely manner about him that clients warm to. He is very straightforward, and the tribunals really trust him and like him."


Chambers & Partners 2021

"Clear written advice. Persuasive advocacy during employment tribunal hearings. Personable with good client management skills."


Legal 500 2021

"He's very approachable and diligent in his assessment of a case. He's a formidable advocate who is articulate and commercially astute."


Chambers & Partners 2020

"He's been fantastic in the work we've given him and he has a very natural way with clients."


Chambers & Partners 2019

"He has a very pragmatic approach to matters and is able to provide novel resolutions to challenging situations."


Chambers & Partners 2018

  • Safford Scholarship, Middle Temple
  • BVC, Cardiff Law School
  • LLB, Cardiff University

  • Employment Lawyers’ Association (ELA)
  • Employment Law Bar Association (ELBA)
  • Discrimination Law Association (DLA)

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