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Lucy Bone

Lucy Bone

Call: 1999

Barrister

“Extremely diligent, focuses on the client and their best interest, and is a great team player.”

Chambers & Partners 2024

“Technically strong and extremely client-friendly… calm and measured, delivering excellent service”

Chambers & Partners 2024

"Lucy is extremely user-friendly. She is pragmatic in her advice but also highly technical and thinks quickly on her feet."

Legal 500 2024

"She has complete mastery of the facts and all the case law on business protection."

Chambers & Partners 2023

"Lucy has a fantastic style with clients. She is very user-friendly, diligent and thorough."

Chambers & Partners 2023

“Lucy articulates her arguments clearly and thoughtfully, thinking through the complexities but presenting points in an accessible way.”

Legal 500 2023

"She is very good on her feet, she is impressive in arguing a case and she is well prepared... She is a very supportive barrister and she fiercely litigates on her client's behalf."

Chambers and Partners 2022

"Lucy's approach was superb - she was collaborative, thorough, very knowledgeable, technically strong and good at strategy. Works very effectively with instructing solicitors and clients, and is flexible and supportive, delivering advice clearly and concisely - honest but reassuring to clients."

Legal 500 2022

"An excellent junior who is known for her expertise in restrictive covenants and confidentiality obligations… She has excellent client-handling skills and goes above and beyond to assist the client."

Chambers and Partners 2021

"A tenacious advocate, who you feel is in your corner. She is on top of all the issues, is a great team player and works to get an excellent outcome for the client."

Legal 500 2021

"A great reputation for her profound expertise in confidential information, breaches of directors’ duties and restrictive covenant disputes."

Who’s Who Legal 2020

"Gets to the nub of the issue quickly and handles difficult clients well."

Legal 500 2020

"She is extremely knowledgeable in this area, is very responsive and gives very clear advice." "She works tirelessly to achieve a satisfactory outcome for the client."

Chambers and Partners 2020

Lucy Bone

“Extremely diligent, focuses on the client and their best interest, and is a great team player.”

Chambers & Partners 2024

“Technically strong and extremely client-friendly… calm and measured, delivering excellent service”

Chambers & Partners 2024

"Lucy is extremely user-friendly. She is pragmatic in her advice but also highly technical and thinks quickly on her feet."

Legal 500 2024

"She has complete mastery of the facts and all the case law on business protection."

Chambers & Partners 2023

"Lucy has a fantastic style with clients. She is very user-friendly, diligent and thorough."

Chambers & Partners 2023

“Lucy articulates her arguments clearly and thoughtfully, thinking through the complexities but presenting points in an accessible way.”

Legal 500 2023

"She is very good on her feet, she is impressive in arguing a case and she is well prepared... She is a very supportive barrister and she fiercely litigates on her client's behalf."

Chambers and Partners 2022

"Lucy's approach was superb - she was collaborative, thorough, very knowledgeable, technically strong and good at strategy. Works very effectively with instructing solicitors and clients, and is flexible and supportive, delivering advice clearly and concisely - honest but reassuring to clients."

Legal 500 2022

"An excellent junior who is known for her expertise in restrictive covenants and confidentiality obligations… She has excellent client-handling skills and goes above and beyond to assist the client."

Chambers and Partners 2021

"A tenacious advocate, who you feel is in your corner. She is on top of all the issues, is a great team player and works to get an excellent outcome for the client."

Legal 500 2021

"A great reputation for her profound expertise in confidential information, breaches of directors’ duties and restrictive covenant disputes."

Who’s Who Legal 2020

"Gets to the nub of the issue quickly and handles difficult clients well."

Legal 500 2020

"She is extremely knowledgeable in this area, is very responsive and gives very clear advice." "She works tirelessly to achieve a satisfactory outcome for the client."

Chambers and Partners 2020

Contact

Lucy is a sought-after practitioner with extensive experience in all aspects of employment law and commercial litigation in High Court, EAT and Court of Appeal. Her statutory employment practice emphasises high-value cases of discrimination and whistleblowing.

Lucy works across the spectrum of statutory disputes and has acted successfully in several of the high value and highly publicised cases of recent years  including Abildgaard v. IFM, Barrow v. KBR and Planon v. Gilligan [2022] EWCA Civ 642.

Lucy has a strong reputation for complex internal investigations particularly in the financial sector, and is one of just 25 barristers accoladed by Chambers & Partners for such work.

Lucy has longstanding recognition and ranking across the Directories for employment and independent investigations:

Technically strong and extremely client-friendly… calm and measured, delivering excellent service” Chambers & Partners, Employment 2024

Extremely diligent, focuses on the client and their best interest, and is a great team player” Chambers and Partners, Investigations 2024

“Lucy is extremely user-friendly. She is pragmatic in her advice but also highly technical and thinks quickly on her feet. Legal 500 2024

“She has complete mastery of the facts and all the case law on business protection.” Chambers & Partners 2023

“Lucy has a fantastic style with clients. She is very user-friendly, diligent and thorough” Chambers & Partners 2023    

“Lucy articulates her arguments clearly and thoughtfully, thinking through the complexities but presenting points in an accessible way.” Legal 500 2023

“She is very good on her feet, she is impressive in arguing a case and she is well prepared… She is a very supportive barrister and she fiercely litigates on her client’s behalf.” Chambers & Partners 2022

“Lucy’s approach was superb – she was collaborative, thorough, very knowledgeable, technically strong and good at strategy. Works very effectively with instructing solicitors and clients, and is flexible and supportive, delivering advice clearly and concisely – honest but reassuring to clients.” Legal 500 2022

“An excellent junior who is known for her expertise in restrictive covenants and confidentiality obligations… She has excellent client-handling skills and goes above and beyond to assist the client.” Chambers and Partners 2021

“A tenacious advocate, who you feel is in your corner. She is on top of all the issues, is a great team player and works to get an excellent outcome for the client. Legal 500 2021

A great reputation for her profound expertise in confidential information, breaches of directors’ duties and restrictive covenant disputes Who’s Who Legal 2020

Gets to the nub of the issue quickly and handles difficult clients well.’ Legal 500 2020

“She is extremely knowledgeable in this area, is very responsive and gives very clear advice.” “She works tirelessly to achieve a satisfactory outcome for the client.” Chambers and Partners 2020

Quickly grasps the issues and delivers practical strategic advice. She is responsive and commercially aware… She goes the extra mile. Chambers and Partners 2019

Gives responsive and pragmatic advice and demonstrates great rapport with clients.  Chambers and Partners 2018

Very responsive, willing to be flexible with availability, good to work with, good with clients and definitely knows her stuff. Chambers and Partners 2017

An acclaimed senior junior who is praised for her grasp of detail and understanding of commercial reality… A dogged and brave advocate, she will press points even if the judge may not be with her in the beginning Chambers and Partners 2016

Hailed by peers as a rising force … “She is very effective in cross-examination” “Very organised, she is dependable, calm and articulate” Chambers and Partners 2015

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Injunctions

Business Protection

Discrimination

Whistleblowing

TUPE and other Statutory Employment

Investigations

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