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Charlene Ashiru

Charlene Ashiru

Call: 2008

Barrister

"She is a great advocate who is smart, responsive and has excellent client care skills."

Chambers & Partners 2024

"Charlene inspires confidence. Her legal knowledge and advocacy are brilliant, as are her client care skills."

Chambers & Partners 2023

“Very gifted advocate showing real quality. Good on paper and in oral advocacy - will be a future leader at the employment Bar.”

Legal 500 2023

"She is very knowledgeable about the law but she is also commercial and very personable. She offers an all-round high level of service and she is very responsive."

Chambers & Partners 2022

"She is bright, diligent, responsive, commercial and pragmatic, and she is not afraid to tell you what you do not want to hear."

Chambers & Partners 2022

"Tenacious, brave, cares about clients, creative and responsive."

Legal 500 2022

“Knows the law inside out, inspires confidence in solicitors and clients alike, and is formidable on her feet.”

Legal 500 2021

“She knows the law inside out and is formidable on her feet. She is a real pleasure to work with, and extremely reliable.”

Chambers & Partners 2021

“She is very clear, very proactive and extremely commercial.”

Chambers & Partners 2021

“A very effective advocate who punches above her year of call.”

Chambers & Partners 2020

“Really impressive: bright, able and hard-working.”

Chambers & Partners 2020

Charlene Ashiru

"She is a great advocate who is smart, responsive and has excellent client care skills."

Chambers & Partners 2024

"Charlene inspires confidence. Her legal knowledge and advocacy are brilliant, as are her client care skills."

Chambers & Partners 2023

“Very gifted advocate showing real quality. Good on paper and in oral advocacy - will be a future leader at the employment Bar.”

Legal 500 2023

"She is very knowledgeable about the law but she is also commercial and very personable. She offers an all-round high level of service and she is very responsive."

Chambers & Partners 2022

"She is bright, diligent, responsive, commercial and pragmatic, and she is not afraid to tell you what you do not want to hear."

Chambers & Partners 2022

"Tenacious, brave, cares about clients, creative and responsive."

Legal 500 2022

“Knows the law inside out, inspires confidence in solicitors and clients alike, and is formidable on her feet.”

Legal 500 2021

“She knows the law inside out and is formidable on her feet. She is a real pleasure to work with, and extremely reliable.”

Chambers & Partners 2021

“She is very clear, very proactive and extremely commercial.”

Chambers & Partners 2021

“A very effective advocate who punches above her year of call.”

Chambers & Partners 2020

“Really impressive: bright, able and hard-working.”

Chambers & Partners 2020

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Having been described by Legal 500 as a “future leader at the Employment Bar, Charlene is a ‘go-to’ junior in relation to statutory employment work, workplace investigations and organisational culture reviews.

Charlene has an extensive employment law practice, covering all aspects of statutory employment law.  Her cases often involve complex discrimination, whistleblowing and/or TUPE claims, and she regularly acts either for or against senior executives.  Many of her employer clients are household names.

Charlene is regularly instructed to conduct sensitive and complex workplace investigations involving grievances, disciplinaries and/or appeals, as well as culture reviews of organisations more generally to identify and address areas for improvement.  Recent work in this area includes Charlene’s involvement in the Culture Review of the South Wales Fire and Rescue Service, which was widely reported on by the media.

Alongside her statutory employment and investigations practice, Charlene also has a particular interest in all forms of interim and injunctive relief, and business protection issues such as team movesbreach of fiduciary dutiesbreach of restrictive covenants and misuse of confidential information, as well as other forms of intellectual property disputes and economic torts.

Charlene also has extensive experience of arbitrations and ADR in her core practice areas, and accepts instructions as a CEDR accredited Mediator.

Charlene genuinely cares about her clients and achieving the best result for them.  She has been commended for being tenacious, brave, …creative and responsive”.   She hasmagnificent attention to detail”, excellent “communication skills” and the ability to respond quickly and accurately. She is well-known for her commercial approach and client-friendly manner and has been described as “intelligent”, “clear” and “approachable”, demonstrating “maturity and good judgement”.

Having had considerable exposure to advocacy and winning over a Judge, Charlene is well equipped for instructions at all stages of legal and arbitral proceedings, including appellate work. She is an excellent analyst and tactician and is particularly valued for her practical and sensible strategic advice at an early stage so as to shape the case going forwards.

Employment

Investigations

Business Protection and Injunctions

Commercial

Arbitration and ADR

Mediations

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