Roisin joined Matrix in October 2020 following the successful completion of her Traineeship.
Roisin welcomes instructions in all of Matrix’s practice areas; she practises primarily in Employment and Equality Law, Public Law and Human Rights, and Commercial Law. Roisin has appeared (unled) in the High Court, County Court, Crown Court, Employment Tribunal and SEND Tribunal. Roisin is currently instructed as junior counsel in matters before the Court of Appeal and the Employment Appeal Tribunal.
Roisin acts in all areas of employment law and has experience across the full spectrum of employment law matters. Roisin regularly acts for both claimants and respondents/defendants.
Roisin is currently instructed in three separate matters concerning worker status in the Court of Appeal and the Employment Appeal Tribunal.
Recent highlights in the Employment Tribunal include:
Roisin has significant experience in a range of public law and human rights matters. She has worked across all stages of judicial review proceedings, from advising clients at the pre-action stage to preparing for interim proceedings and appeal.
Roisin regularly acts for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (and their parents and carers). In particular, Roisin has significant experience of successfully challenging Local Authority failures to comply with s.42 of the Children and Families Act 2014 and s.19 of the Education Act 1996.
Recent highlights include:
Acting for two NGOs in an intervention application in proceedings before the Court of Appeal (with Jessica Jones).
Roisin welcomes instructions in all areas of Education Law. She has a particular interest in proceedings before the SEND Tribunal and has significant experience providing advice and assisting parents, carers and young people with their appeals. Roisin often deals with complex national trial appeals and appeals concerning sections B,F and I; she also has experience of review hearings.
Recently, Roisin successfully represented a parent who sought to have a local day special school named in section I of their child’s plan, where the position of the Local Authority and the school was that only a residential placement would be suitable.
With her substantial discrimination law expertise, Roisin is developing a strong disability discrimination practice in the SEND Tribunal. She recently secured both a detailed apology letter from the Chair of Governors (sent to all staff) and a number of significant changes to the school’s practices and policies.
Roisin routinely acts in successful challenges to Local Authority failures to comply with s.42 of the Children and Families Act 2014 and s.19 of the Education Act 1996 by way of judicial review.
In addition to her public law and employment practices, Roisin often appears before the County Court in claims brought under the Equality Act 2010. She has a particular interest in goods and services claims. Recent highlights include:
Roisin recently appeared in the High Court (unled) successfully obtaining a general civil restraint order: Howell v Evans [2020] EWHC 2729 (QB).
Roisin has significant commercial law experience. As the Judicial Assistant to Longmore LJ in the Court of Appeal in 2017-2018 she worked on a number of high-profile commercial cases, for example Property Alliance Group Ltd v Royal Bank of Scotland Plc [2018] EWCA Civ 355.
Roisin welcomes instructions in all areas of media and information law and has a particular interest in defamation, privacy, breach of confidence and reporting restrictions. Recent highlights include:
Prior to joining Matrix, Roisin was the Judicial Assistant to Lord Justice Longmore in the Court of Appeal and taught Constitutional Law at Keble College, University of Oxford. She has also worked as an Immigration and Asylum paralegal.
Roisin obtained an Outstanding on the BPTC, scoring the highest mark nationally in the professional ethics paper, for which she received the Buchanan Prize from Lincoln’s Inn. Roisin was awarded the Lord Denning Scholarship and Hardwicke Entrance award from Lincoln’s Inn and an excellence award from BPP University.
Prior to studying for the Bar, Roisin was an academic excellence scholar of Keble College, University of Oxford where she completed both her undergraduate and postgraduate studies; she holds BA Jurisprudence and the BCL (with distinction) respectively.
Roisin is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. In order to provide legal services to her clients, including advice and representation services, Roisin needs to collect and hold personal data. This includes her client’s personal data and the personal data of others who feature in the matter upon which she is instructed. To read Roisin’s privacy notice in full, please see here.
Roisin joined Matrix in October 2020 following the successful completion of her Traineeship.
Contact Roisin: RoisinSwords-Kieley@matrixlaw.co.uk | +44 (0)20 7404 3447
Contact Roisin's Practice Team (Team M): TeamM@matrixlaw.co.uk
Roisin welcomes instructions in all of Matrix’s practice areas; she practises primarily in Employment and Equality Law, Public Law and Human Rights, and Commercial Law. Roisin has appeared (unled) in the High Court, County Court, Crown Court, Employment Tribunal and SEND Tribunal. Roisin is currently instructed as junior counsel in matters before the Court of Appeal and the Employment Appeal Tribunal.
Roisin is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. In order to provide legal services to her clients, including advice and representation services, Roisin needs to collect and hold personal data. This includes her client’s personal data and the personal data of others who feature in the matter upon which she is instructed. To read Roisin’s privacy notice in full, please see here.