Lucy Coen
Call: 2019
Lucy Coen
BPTC, BPP Leeds, 2017–2019 (Very Competent)
GDL, University of Law, 2015–2017 (Distinction)
MA Peace Studies, University of Bradford, 2011 (Distinction)
BA Modern History and Politics, University of Liverpool, 2007–2010 (2:1)
Young Legal Aid Lawyers
Legal 500
Family Law Bar Association
Contact
T: 0113 246 2600 / 01274 722560
Lucy Coen is an Immigration specialist at Broadway House Chambers.
Lucy accepted tenancy at Broadway House Chambers after successfully completing her pupillage in December 2020 under the supervision of Giles Bridge and Paul Smith.
Lucy was called to the Bar in 2019 after completing the BPTC part-time at BPP Leeds. Prior to the Bar, Lucy worked for a number of years in a variety of roles in the not-for-profit sector, including working as an immigration caseworker, an Independent Sexual Violence Advisor [ISVA] and a support worker at a national children’s charity. As such she has wealth of experience working with a range of people and is particularly adept at communicating with lay clients.
Reputation
Legal 500
Articles
Immigration Status of a Parent in an Application for a Child Arrangements Order by Lucy CoenImmigration Matters: Visitors who Attempt to Stay in the UK Permanently by Lucy Coen
Recent Webinars Include
Immigration applications for children in care
Expertise
Immigration
Prior to the Bar, Lucy worked at a local charity as an immigration caseworker, where she drafted further submissions for clients who could not obtain legal aid as a result of their cases not meeting the merits test. She also regularly appeared in the First-Tier Tribunal once further submissions had been granted a right of appeal. Whilst in this role she gave legal advice at weekly clinic in Leeds providing much needed pro-bono assistance to migrants.
From 2015 to 2017 Lucy worked as an Independent Child Trafficking Advocate [ICTA] at Barnardo’s across the North of England. Lucy was the first ICTA in the North of England to undertake this role and worked closely with a variety of agencies including the police, social care and immigration practitioners to ensure that young people identified as having been trafficked were properly supported. Lucy’s prior experience working with young people and care-givers makes her particularly well-suited to representing unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.
Lucy continues her commitment to vulnerable clients by undertaking pro-bono advocacy for the Manuel Bravo Project and Bail for Immigration Detainees.
Lucy is available to advise and represent clients in all immigration and asylum matters and works collaboratively with solicitors to ensure a firm understanding of the issues in a case prior to entering court.
Notable Cases
**Immigration case 2022**
Represented client from Iraq. Earlier negative credibility findings. Appeal granted on Article 8 grounds
**Asylum case 2022**
Represented client from Ethiopia. Appeal granted
**Asylum case 2021**
Represented client from Eritrea where nationality was disputed. Earlier negative credibility findings. Appeal granted
**Asylum case 2020**
Represented client from Nigeria. Client vulnerable due to mental and physical health difficulties. Appeal granted.
**Asylum case 2020**
Represented client from Nigeria. Appeal granted on Article 8 grounds
Clerks
Jon Flaherty
Call: 2019
Jon Flaherty
Newcastle University – LLB – 2:1 (2017)
University of Law, Leeds – BPTC – Very Competent (2019)
University of Law, Leeds – LLM – Distinction (2019)
Contact
T: 0113 246 2600 / 01274 722560
Jon commenced pupillage in September 2021 under the supervision of Rachel Mellor and has since gained experience in all aspects of Employment and Family proceedings. Jon started tenancy on 1st September 2022.
Jon studied law at Newcastle University from which he graduated in 2017. Throughout his studies he was heavily engaged in advocacy based competitions, winning both the Senior Mooting Competition and Senior Client Interviewing Competition, as well as representing the University externally. He was also elected as the Master of Moots, a role requiring the training of students and judging of moots. In his final year, Jon was asked by the University to take on a paid role as a seminar leader in the Peer Assisted Student Session scheme, which involved preparing and leading seminars based around the equity module.
Before starting the BPTC, Jon worked as a paralegal in the Commercial Dispute Resolution department of a Leeds based law firm. His work included advising clients, drafting and filing of claims, assisting with litigation and the enforcement of judgments. While on the BPTC Jon volunteered at the Citizens Advice Bureau, advising and assisting clients in the Employment Tribunal and Social Security Tribunal.
Prior to the commencement of pupillage, Jon operated as a freelance advocate on the North and North-Eastern Circuit for two years. This involved representing clients in a wide variety of civil matters including mortgage possessions, landlord & tenant, personal injury, RTAs, consumer credit, insolvency, small claims disputes and procedural applications. Jon also represented clients in the Employment Tribunal during this period in unfair dismissal matters.
Expertise
Family:Jon is instructed in a wide variety of family matters, representing and advising clients in all areas of Family Law.
Matrimonial Finance – Jon has represented clients in a number of matrimonial finance cases since beginning Second Six. Jon takes a robust and practical approach to negotiations and has been successful in applications against uncooperative parties for costs as well as securing penal notices where a party has been uncooperative.
Public Law– Jon represents parties in the public family sphere, regularly being instructed to represent Local Authorities, Children’s Guardians and respondents. His work has covered everything from last-minute urgent removal hearings through to final hearings. Jon has been involved in matters from neglect through to allegations of sexual and physical abuse.
Private Children – in addition, Jon is often instructed in private family matters and is acutely aware of the concerns of parents in such proceedings. Jon has also successfully represented a child in their own application for contact with siblings.
Immigration:
Jon has represented clients in the First Tier Tribunal in their Asylum, Immigration Human Rights, and EEA regulation appeals. Jon takes an all-encompassing approach to such appeals to ensure his clients are in the best position to succeed.
Civil/Business, Property and Probate:
Jon has experience in dealing with civil matters ranging from civil applications to small and fast track claims. This experience has been accumulated prior to joining chambers and has since been developed with instructions to advise and represent clients in a wide-variety of civil matters.
Employment:
Jon has gained invaluable experience during his pupillage under Rachel Mellor and has represented clients in the Employment Tribunal in unfair dismissal claims as well as assisting in preparing advice in respect of appeals to the Employment Appeal Tribunal and Court of Appeal.
Clerks
Danny Smith
Call: 2023 (Solicitor 2016)
Danny Smith
University of Leicester, Postgraduate Diploma in Employment Law, Distinction (2023)
Solicitor-Advocate, Higher Rights of Audience (Civil) (2021)
University of Sheffield, Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice (2010)
Cardiff University, LLB Law (2009)
Middle Temple
Employment Lawyers Association
Industrial Law Society
Association of Personal Injury Lawyers
Contact
T: 01274 722 560 / 0113 246 2600
Danny Smith is an employment law specialist with a growing personal injury practice.
Having been admitted as a solicitor in 2016, Danny possesses prior experience within these areas before transitioning to the Bar. Consequently, he is well-versed in working with lay clients beyond the confines of the courtroom, prioritising excellent client care.
Danny has extensive experience dealing with all matters of employment law. Before joining Broadway House Chambers, Danny was employed as a solicitor advocate at a litigation firm in Leeds dealing exclusively with employment law litigation matters. He has experience of drafting complicated statements of case and carrying out advocacy at the employment tribunal including at both preliminary hearings and multi-day final hearings.
Danny is building a specialist personal injury practice and has already gained significant experience advising, drafting opinions, and representing clients at infant settlement approval hearings, Stage 3 hearings, and fast-track trials.
“Danny is a tenacious advocate with a real attention to detail. He grasps complex matters quickly and with alacrity. His pragmatic and down-to-earth style puts clients at ease. I have no trouble whatsoever in recommending him” - Toby Pochron, Director, Freeths
“It is always a pleasure working with Danny on Tribunal matters. He brings an exceptional level of care and attention to detail to every case, ensuring that nothing is overlooked. I highly recommend Danny and look forward to working with him again in the future” - Rinew Legal
Outside of work, Danny enjoys weight training, gaming, and spending quality time with his young family. He is also an avid Sheffield United supporter.
Reputation
“Danny is a tenacious advocate with a real attention to detail. He grasps complex matters quickly and with alacrity. His pragmatic and down-to-earth style puts clients at ease. I have no trouble whatsoever in recommending him” - (Toby Pochron, Director, Freeths)
"Danny is an expert in his field and helped us acheive a settlement in a disability discrimination case that we thought would be impossible to settle. I would not hesitate to recommend him" (Solicitor Feedback, 2024).
With previous experience as a solicitor, Danny has vast experience working within Employment Law, Commercial Law and matters involving Property & Landlord & Tenant.
Expertise
Danny accepts instructions for Claimants and Respondents at all stages in employment tribunal proceedings.
As a barrister, Danny has represented clients before the employment tribunal in numerous cases involving:
- Discrimination
- Whistleblowing
- Unfair Dismissal
- Wrongful Dismissal
- Working Time Directive
- Unlawful Deductions and Breach of Contract
Danny has experience and is able to represent at all hearings at the employment tribunal. He has appeared at both multi day hearings and at preliminary hearings to determine disability, time limits, employment status, specific disclosure and strike out/deposit orders.
Danny has extensive experience representing clients at judicial mediations. Clients have commented that his pragmatic nature is an asset.
Personal Injury
Danny accepts instructions for Claimants at all stages of a personal injury claim.
As a litigation specialist, Danny understands the sensitive nature of personal injury claims and champions client care.
Danny has experience in representing clients at:
- Infant Settlement Approval Hearings.
- Stage 3 Hearings.
- Fast Track Trials.
Civil
Danny accepts instructions in commercial law, breach of contract & property/ landlord & tenant.
Notable Cases
L v N and E (2024-2026) ET & EAT. Danny successfully defended the claim on the basis that C was neither an employee nor worker in a tripartite agency relationship. Danny successfully obtained costs.
C is currently appealing on two grounds (1) Fee-paid EJ ought to have conducted a conflict check & (2) Uber BV v Aslam [2021] UKSC 5 has overturned the ratio in James v Greenwich London Borough Council [2008] EWCA Civ 35. Danny is being led in the EAT appeal by Adam Willoughby.
M v W (2026): Danny successfully argued that a disclosure to the Secretary of State did not fall within S43E ERA 1996 upon the individual facts of the case. There was no appellate authority to support either position which required Danny to make submissions based on statutory interpretation.
R v C (2026): Danny successfully defended a multi-day race discrimination claim. Instructed thereafter to draft costs application and now awaiting listing of a hearing.
K v T (2026): Danny was instructed in a JM for R whereby both parties were entrenched in their positions. Danny advised the client of the issues including practical issues and encouraged the client to make pragmatic reasonable offers. The result was settlement.
J v H (2025) ET: Danny successfully defended an application for interim relief.
C v W (2025) ET: Danny acted for R. He successfully persuaded the ET to strike out/deposit majority of C’s claims.
D v P (2025): Successfully acted for R in multi-day whistleblowing detriment & dismissal claim.
D v E (2025) Acted for R in an unfair dismissal & wrongful dismissal claim.
N v E (2025) Successfully represented R in a multi-day race discrimination claim.
T v N (2025) Successfully represented C in a constructive unfair dismissal claim.
S & C v P (2024) Appeared in the High Court on behalf of C seeking permission to pursue R in the employment tribunal due to R being in administration and refusing to lift the moratorium. Permission was only granted in “exceptional” circumstances. Danny persuaded the High Court to grant permission.
Clerks
Camilla Bonifai
Call: 2019
Camilla Bonifai
LLB (Hons) English Law, University of Dundee (2017)
LLM Human Rights Law, University of Edinburgh (2018)
LLM Bar Practice, The University of Law (2019)
Bar Practice Training Course, The University of Law, Very Competent (2019)
Employment Lawyers Association
Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association
Sport Resolutions Pro Bono Service
Lincoln’s Inn
Contact
E: clerks@broadwayhouse.co.uk
T: 01274 722 560 or 0113 246 2600 (Option 2)
Camilla is an Employment and Civil Law specialist with a keen interest in Sports Law matters.
Camilla has been described as being tenacious in her representation of clients and able to adopt an empathetic but firm approach.
Prior to joining Chambers, Camilla gained significant civil litigation experience, having worked in the civil courts as a County Court advocate (employed by an international firm) and handling Claimant insurer-funded cases as a paralegal at a national solicitors’ firm.
Reputation
Feedback: “Broadway House Chambers has done it yet again, in Camilla. From the minute the Appellant came out of court he started singing your praises and how tenacious you were in his defence (his focus was not at all on the outcome at that stage but on the brilliant representation; he wanted me to know his barrister did amazing)” (Solicitor Feedback)
Publication: ‘The Irish Children’s Right Referendum’ (2019), published by Together (Scottish alliance for Children’s Rights)
Expertise
Employment
Camilla has a busy employment practice, regularly appearing in Tribunals up and down the country, representing both Claimants and Respondents. Camilla accepts instructions on all aspects of employment law having dealt and worked on a variety of cases, including complex discrimination cases on issues of discrimination by association, indirect discrimination, maternity and sex discrimination and other areas, such as TUPE and unlawful deductions of wages.
Camilla is meticulous in her preparation and well versed in dealing with tricky public preliminary hearings on questions of employment status, time limits and disability.
Camilla is also regularly attending the ET for lengthy multi-day final hearings. Camilla has a special interest for cases involving disability discrimination and, in particular, cases linked to neurodiversity and mental health.
Camilla has an extensive paper practice, drafting pleadings and providing written opinions. Camilla’s practice has further developed through her role on the Attorney General’s Junior Junior scheme under which she is often asked to assist in drafting witness statements on Panel A cases involving particularly complex issues and / or with multiple consolidated claims.
Civil
Camilla is instructed in a wide variety of Civil matters, representing and advising both Claimants and Defendants. Business, Commercial and Property – Camilla deals with matters involving residential property, landlord and tenant matters, TOLATA, contract disputes and credit hire. Camilla regularly appears in the civil courts for applications, case management hearings and final hearings but is also regularly asked to provide her opinion on merits.
Personal Injury – Camilla has developed considerable experience in personal injury matters and is often instructed to appear in the County Courts for both Claimants and Defendants on interim applications, CMCs, CCMCs, Stage 3 hearings, Infant Approval Hearings, small claims and fast track trials. Camilla has also experience in advising on quantum on complex injury and high value matters exceeding £150,000.
Regulatory
Camilla draws on her employment law expertise when instructed on Regulatory and Sports Law matters.
Camilla is regularly instructed to present cases and position statements on behalf of Social Work England and the HCPC before fitness to practice committees. Camilla also has experience appearing in the Coroner’s Court.
Between 2024 and 2026 Camilla extensively assisted the barrister instructed to prosecute cases of historic abuse in sport under an independent complaints’ procedure administered by Sports Resolutions before Lord Wilson of Culworth who commended the quality of Camilla’s work.
Camilla is dedicated to pro bono work and is also on the Sport Resolutions’ Pro Bono Panel. Under the scheme she represented an international level athletics’ coach accused of bullying, racist conduct and inappropriate sexual behaviour.
Cases
Beckford v Priory Healthcare Limited (Watford ET; 2026) – Successfully defended a multi-day trial on direct discrimination, discrimination arising from disability, failure to make reasonable adjustments and unfair dismissal on the grounds of capability.
H v E (West Midlands ET; 2026) – Acted for the Respondent in a multi-day trial on unfair dismissal where the Claimant was dismissed for gross misconduct. The Judge found the dismissal to be fair.
R v F & M (Nottingham ET; 2025) – Successfully acted for the Second Respondent in a public preliminary hearing in which the Claimant was seeking for the primary time limit to be extended to present her claim. The Judge found that it was not just and equitable to extend time.
Al Taweel v Stitching Female Journalist Network (London South ET; 2025) – On behalf of the Respondent, successfully defended the claims of automatic unfair dismissal following assertion of relevant statutory rights, ordinary unfair dismissal for reason of political opinions or affiliation and less favourable treatment because of perceived race.
Obenewaah-Achampong v Integrated Care 24 Ltd (London South; 2025) – Acted for the Respondent in a claim in which the claim argued that it was not reasonably practicable to present her claim in time and it was just and equitable to extend time. The Judge dismissed all claims.
M v V (Manchester ET; 2025) – Successfully negotiated a lucrative settlement for the Claimant’s claim of harassment related to sex in a Judicial Mediation.
Jubb v A Mercer, T/A Little Acorns Day Nursery (Manchester ET; 2025) – Successfully represented the Claimant in her claim for constructive unfair dismissal. The application for reconsideration was refused.
Clerks