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Beth Grossman specialises in media, commercial, employment and related areas of public and regulatory law.
She is ranked as a leading junior in Chambers and Partners (Defamation and Privacy; Employment (London); and in Legal 500 (Defamation and Privacy, Employment).
She was listed in The Lawyer magazine’s Hot 100 2023.
Beth has a wealth of trial experience in the High Court as sole counsel and as a led junior and has appeared as led a junior in the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court. She also appears in the Employment and General Regulatory First-Tier Tribunals, in the Employment Appeal Tribunal and in tribunals before professional regulators, particularly the Teachers’ Regulation Agency.
She works with a wide range of clients from blue-chip and multi-national companies, media organisations and professional services firms through to high-profile individuals, NGOs and trades unions. Beth is known for her excellent advocacy and for cutting through the most complex of issues. She is also noted for her skill in dealing with senior stakeholders and working collaboratively with solicitors , leaders and co-counsel in complex and sensitive litigation.
"Beth is a very impressive junior; both her written work and advocacy skills are strong." Chambers and Partners 2024
“Beth is outstanding. She has interesting work and will go far.” Chambers and Partners 2024
“She is incredibly knowledgeable, presents far past her years and is very practical and knowledgeable.” Chambers and Partners 2024
“Beth is exceptionally bright. She is a great technical lawyer and is never afraid to advance her case.” Chambers and Partners 2024
"Beth is a really capable junior. She is helpful and gets the job done and punches above her weight." Chambers and Partners 2024
"Beth is extraordinarily knowledgeable and an excellent strategist." Legal 500 2024
"She is fiercely intelligent, commanding in her advocacy and demonstrates knowledge and experience far beyond her year of call." Legal 500 2024
“Beth has a nice mix of human qualities and a good legal brain. She is also thorough, attentive and excellent at what she does”. "Beth is technically very strong and pragmatic." Chambers and Partners 2023
"Beth is an exceptionally bright barrister, who is going to go onto much bigger and better things. Her thorough analysis of the law is breathtaking, and she is unfazed by a challenge, adeptly delivering her arguments in a way that often leaves more experienced barristers standing. She focuses on the core issues of a case, quickly weeding out irrelevant points, and is able to ensure that cases remain focused, even when those around her may be drifting off down a blind alley!" Legal 500 2023
“‘Keen and versatile with a mind that can analyse and strategise laterally” Legal 500 2023
“Beth is the definition of rising star at the Bar. She is razor-sharp, her written work is excellent and combined with her clarity of advocacy, she is operating at a level far in excess of her call. She’s incredibly popular with clients and her no-nonsense style is very refreshing” Legal 500 2022
“Beth is extremely clever and thorough, and her written work is beautifully put together” Legal 500 2022
“Beth Grossman is a talented barrister gaining strong recognition in the defamation and privacy field. She acts for both claimants and defendants in litigation, as well as pre-publication advice and international matters.” "She is patient, always precise and clear in her advice, and able to explain the issues in lay terms." "She researches everything very thoroughly, has a good understanding of the law and fights tooth and nail for clients." Chambers and Partners 2022
“The presentation of skeleton argument and advocacy of @BKGrossman at trial was a thing to behold. Just sparkling in her professional ability”, lay client.
Beth has experience of trial and heavyweight application advocacy as both sole counsel and led junior and experience of appellate advocacy as led junior.
She has experience of all areas of media law, from editorial (defamation, privacy, copyright, reporting restrictions) through to commercial (breach of confidence in commercial contexts, contract and regulatory disputes concerning finance and licensing) and public and regulatory law (freedom of expression and freedom of information).
Beth acts for claimants and defendants, including individuals in the public eye, large corporates, national newspapers and broadcasters.
Beth acts for claimants and defendants, including individuals in the public eye, large corporates, national newspapers and broadcasters.
She has delivered training on freedom of expression on behalf of the Media Institute of Southern Africa in Zimbabwe and on behalf of the Council of Europe to members of the judiciary of the Western Balkans in Pristina, Kosovo.
Beth’s commercial practice encompasses contractual disputes, insolvency, disputes between directors, commercial agency and professional negligence. She also has experience of commercial disputes which engage criminal or regulatory law (for example Companies House prosecutions and Charity Commission investigations). She has particular expertise in disputes which have a media or employment dimension to them. Her recent experience includes:
Beth acts for both respondents and claimants on complex multi-day hearings in the Employment Tribunal and the Employment Appeal Tribunal and in the High Court in restrictive covenants, contractual and partnership disputes. She also undertakes grievance and disciplinary investigations. She also represents professionals in in regulatory proceedings. She is ranked as a leading junior in Chambers and Partners and in Legal 500.
Current and recent instructions include:
Beth is an expert in privacy rights, freedom of expression and discrimination law as these arise in a public law context. She regularly appears in and advises parties in judicial reviews, regulatory proceedings, and other forms of public law claims.
Her current and recent instructions include: