"Nathan is as bright as they come. He combines intellect with excellent client skills, tenacity and confidence."
Legal 500 2024"Invaluable in complex and difficult cases … He is also a delight to work with."
Chambers & Partners 2024
Nathan Roberts acts across employment, discrimination, public and other related practice areas, including human rights and education.
As sole counsel, he has acted in the High Court, Employment Appeal Tribunal, and Court of Appeal; as junior counsel, he has acted in the Supreme Court and European Court of Human Rights.
Recommended by both Chambers & Partners and Legal 500, Nathan is described as “excellent in cross examination” and as “sharp, responsive, thorough in his preparation and quick on his feet”.
He is on both the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s panel of counsel and the Attorney General’s civil panel. He was appointed to each panel in his first year of eligibility.
Nathan was nominated for Employment Junior Barrister of the Year at the Legal 500 Bar Awards 2022.
Nathan is instructed in employment cases in the High Court, in the Employment Tribunal, and on appeal. He has significant experience in commercial disputes, restraint of trade claims, and claims under statute, including discrimination, whistleblowing, and working time claims. He is routinely instructed in cases that are particularly complex, high-value, or of public interest.
High Court:
Employment Tribunal:
Employment Appeal Tribunal:
Court of Appeal:
Supreme Court:
Nathan has particular expertise in private and public law discrimination claims, including claims brought under the Equality Act 2010 and the Human Rights Act 1998 (Article 14 ECHR).
Examples of Nathan’s employment discrimination experience are set out in the Employment section of his profile. They include: Michalak (the appropriate forum for discrimination claims against qualifications bodies); Heskett (costs-related legitimate aims); De Groen (whether the imposition of religious rules constitutes religious discrimination); Rackham (the duties on courts and tribunals to make adjustments for disabled litigants); and Bayfield & Jenner and Mismaque (successful high-value first-instance discrimination claims).
Examples of Nathan’s Public Law discrimination experience are set out in the Public Law section of his profile. His experience includes: H (conflict of rights in surrogacy arrangements); Rowley (whether the sign language provision at the No 10 Covid press conferences violated the duty to make reasonable adjustments for deaf viewers); and FDJ (whether policies on the location of trans female prisoners conflict with the rights of non-trans prisoners).
Nathan also has extensive experience of other private law claims under all parts of the Equality Act 2010, including claims relating to services, goods and facilities; transport; public functions; premises; political parties; and associations. His recent work includes:
Nathan’s public law and human rights practice includes particular experience in judicial review, appeals, and private law claims under the Human Rights Act 1998 and the Equality Act 2010.
Nathan also practises in Education law, both in public and private law disputes. His private law practice includes Equality Act, contractual, and negligence disputes. Details of his Equality Act experience are also set out in the Discrimination and Employment sections of his profile.
Recent cases include:
September 2022: appointed Junior Counsel to the Crown (B Panel)
May 2019: appointed to the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s panel of counsel (C Panel)
March 2018: appointed Junior Counsel to the Crown (C Panel)
BA Philosophy, Politics and Economics, University of Oxford
GDL, BPP Law School: Distinction
BPTC, Kaplan Law School: Outstanding
Nathan needs to collect and hold your personal information in order to advise and represent you. He will take all steps that are appropriate, proportionate and practicable to protect your personal information. Nathan is determined to do nothing that would infringe your rights or undermine your trust. This Privacy Notice describes the information he collects about you, how it is used and shared, and your rights regarding it. To read his privacy notice in full, please see here.
"Nathan is as bright as they come. He combines intellect with excellent client skills, tenacity and confidence."
"Nathan's advice and advocacy are invaluable in complex and difficult cases." "He is a superb barrister: very smart, commercial and responsive as well as very good with clients." "Nathan is an extremely bright barrister and is at total ease with complex and technical areas of employment law. He is also a delight to work with."
"Nathan has a very reassuring approach and is an expert on civil procedure law." "He is a fantastic advocate, able to deal with complex and detail-oriented litigation." "Nathan is a really bright spark. He is engaging, reliable and fair-minded. His expertise on niche cases, including those involving police and MoD police officers, is extremely valuable."
"Nathan is sharp and strategically minded. He exudes confidence and resolve in abundance, and has a will to win that clients appreciate. His advocacy is compelling and self-assured, preferring reason and precision over sensation, and is all the more effective for this."
"Extremely client focused and effective."
"Nathan Roberts has a first-class brain and he is a tenacious advocate." "He is very impressive, he is authoritative and he is very responsive."
"He’s very client-friendly and produces very persuasive advocacy."
"He’s sharp, responsive, thorough in his preparation and quick on his feet."
"Nathan is responsive, user-friendly and excellent in cross-examination."
"Nathan is as bright as they come. He combines intellect with excellent client skills, tenacity and confidence." Legal 500 2024 "Invaluable in complex and difficult cases … He is also a delight to work with." Chambers & Partners 2024
Contact Nathan: nathanroberts@matrixlaw.co.uk | +44 (0)20 7404 3447
Contact Nathan's Practice Team (Team M): TeamM@matrixlaw.co.uk
Nathan Roberts acts across employment, discrimination, public and other related practice areas, including human rights and education.
As sole counsel, he has acted in the High Court, Employment Appeal Tribunal, and Court of Appeal; as junior counsel, he has acted in the Supreme Court and European Court of Human Rights.
Recommended by both Chambers & Partners and Legal 500, Nathan is described as “excellent in cross examination” and as “sharp, responsive, thorough in his preparation and quick on his feet”.
He is on both the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s panel of counsel and the Attorney General’s civil panel. He was appointed to each panel in his first year of eligibility.
Nathan was nominated for Employment Junior Barrister of the Year at the Legal 500 Bar Awards 2022.
Nathan is instructed in employment cases in the High Court, in the Employment Tribunal, and on appeal. He has significant experience in commercial disputes, restraint of trade claims, and claims under statute, including discrimination, whistleblowing, and working time claims. He is routinely instructed in cases that are particularly complex, high-value, or of public interest.
High Court:
Employment Tribunal:
Employment Appeal Tribunal:
Court of Appeal:
Supreme Court:
Nathan has particular expertise in private and public law discrimination claims, including claims brought under the Equality Act 2010 and the Human Rights Act 1998 (Article 14 ECHR).
Examples of Nathan’s employment discrimination experience are set out in the Employment section of his profile. They include: Michalak (the appropriate forum for discrimination claims against qualifications bodies); Heskett (costs-related legitimate aims); De Groen (whether the imposition of religious rules constitutes religious discrimination); Rackham (the duties on courts and tribunals to make adjustments for disabled litigants); and Bayfield & Jenner and Mismaque (successful high-value first-instance discrimination claims).
Examples of Nathan’s Public Law discrimination experience are set out in the Public Law section of his profile. His experience includes: H (conflict of rights in surrogacy arrangements); Rowley (whether the sign language provision at the No 10 Covid press conferences violated the duty to make reasonable adjustments for deaf viewers); and FDJ (whether policies on the location of trans female prisoners conflict with the rights of non-trans prisoners).
Nathan also has extensive experience of other private law claims under all parts of the Equality Act 2010, including claims relating to services, goods and facilities; transport; public functions; premises; political parties; and associations. His recent work includes:
Nathan’s public law and human rights practice includes particular experience in judicial review, appeals, and private law claims under the Human Rights Act 1998 and the Equality Act 2010.
Nathan also practises in Education law, both in public and private law disputes. His private law practice includes Equality Act, contractual, and negligence disputes. Details of his Equality Act experience are also set out in the Discrimination and Employment sections of his profile.
Recent cases include:
September 2022: appointed Junior Counsel to the Crown (B Panel)
May 2019: appointed to the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s panel of counsel (C Panel)
March 2018: appointed Junior Counsel to the Crown (C Panel)
BA Philosophy, Politics and Economics, University of Oxford
GDL, BPP Law School: Distinction
BPTC, Kaplan Law School: Outstanding
Nathan needs to collect and hold your personal information in order to advise and represent you. He will take all steps that are appropriate, proportionate and practicable to protect your personal information. Nathan is determined to do nothing that would infringe your rights or undermine your trust. This Privacy Notice describes the information he collects about you, how it is used and shared, and your rights regarding it. To read his privacy notice in full, please see here.
"Nathan is as bright as they come. He combines intellect with excellent client skills, tenacity and confidence."
"Nathan's advice and advocacy are invaluable in complex and difficult cases." "He is a superb barrister: very smart, commercial and responsive as well as very good with clients." "Nathan is an extremely bright barrister and is at total ease with complex and technical areas of employment law. He is also a delight to work with."
"Nathan has a very reassuring approach and is an expert on civil procedure law." "He is a fantastic advocate, able to deal with complex and detail-oriented litigation." "Nathan is a really bright spark. He is engaging, reliable and fair-minded. His expertise on niche cases, including those involving police and MoD police officers, is extremely valuable."
"Nathan is sharp and strategically minded. He exudes confidence and resolve in abundance, and has a will to win that clients appreciate. His advocacy is compelling and self-assured, preferring reason and precision over sensation, and is all the more effective for this."
"Extremely client focused and effective."
"Nathan Roberts has a first-class brain and he is a tenacious advocate." "He is very impressive, he is authoritative and he is very responsive."
"He’s very client-friendly and produces very persuasive advocacy."
"He’s sharp, responsive, thorough in his preparation and quick on his feet."
"Nathan is responsive, user-friendly and excellent in cross-examination."