Equality & Diversity

We are determined that no discrimination takes place here at Queen’s Square Chambers. We believe no one should be discriminated against because of ethnicity, nationality, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy or maternity, disability and age, and we take great care to ensure that there is equality of opportunity throughout the chambers.

Applications for staff vacancies, pupillages and tenancy are considered on merit, as are promotions. We monitor applications for the ethnicity, gender and disability of those we recruit to ensure we adhere to a diverse recruitment policy, but we do not set or work towards any targets.

In September 2026 our team were asked various diversity questions, 26 barristers and staff of chambers responded. Of those who consented to publication of their anonymous data the results were the following;

Barristers;

There were 20 responders out of 57. Not all respondents consented to the publication of their data.

Gender >10 Males, <10 Females, <10 Preferred not to say

Age <10 member in each of the ten-year categories, with at least one in each except 16-24

Ethnicity >10 members identified as British / English / Welsh / Northern Irish / Scottish, with <10 in Prefer not to say, Irish and Any other Asian background.

Staff; There were 6 respondents from a total of 9 staff so all category responses were < 10.

The response rate was an improvement on when we last completed this questionnaire but still lower than we had hoped. Queen Square Chambers are encouraged by the increase in diversity in the ethnicity of those who did respond.

We will reflect on how we survey our members to improve uptake and continue our commitment to promoting a diverse work place.

If you’d like read our policies on maternity/paternity leave, flexible working, harassment, disciplinary and grievance procedure, they are available on request. Please contact our Equality and Diversity Officer, Sarah Jenkins.