Gayatri has a wide-ranging practice that encompasses all Chambers’ main areas of work. She is ranked across the legal directories (The Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners) in six practice areas: civil fraud, commercial litigation, public law, data protection, group litigation and environment. 

Gayatri has appeared before the highest appellate courts, including the Court of Appeal, Supreme Court (on seven occasions) and European Court of Human Rights. She also regularly appears unled in the Commercial Court and Administrative Court.

Recent highlights of Gayatri’s practice include:

  • acting for an individual defendant to a claim by PIFSS, a public institution authorised to operate Kuwait's social-security system and pension scheme, concerning bribes alleged to have been paid by various financial institutions and intermediaries
  • acting for the respondent in committal proceedings arising out of a search order (Ocado Group Plc v McKeeve [2021] EWHC 3542 (Ch); [2022] EWHC 2079; [2022] EWHC 2478)
  • acting for the defendants in a competition damages claim regarding alleged breaches of Brazilian competition law in respect of orange juice production (Viegas and Sanches v Cutrale & Ors [2021] EWHC 1340 (Comm); [2021] EWHC 2956 (Comm); [2023] EWHC 1896 (Comm))
  • acting for Motorola in an application for a US$345 million freezing injunction against Hytera (Motorola Solutions Inc v Hytera [2020] EWHC 980 (Comm) (Commercial Court); [2021] QB 744 (Court of Appeal)) and enforcement proceedings ([2023] EWHC 1393 (Comm))
  • acting for the claimants in a Supreme Court appeal and related CJEU proceedings challenging the lawfulness of an amendment to social security rules preventing reliance upon “pre-settled status” to meet the qualifying residence tests for entitlement to Universal Credit  (R (Fratila) v SSWP [2021] UKSC 53; CG v Department for Communities in Northern Ireland (Case C-709/20))
  • acting for 10 Human Rights NGOs in a reference to the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights challenging the UK’s legislation governing the surveillance of communications and the UK-USA intelligence sharing regime, following the disclosures by Edward Snowden (Big Brother Watch & Ors v United Kingdom (App Nos. 24960/15, 62322/14 and 58170/13, 25 May 2021))
  • acting for Morrisons in a Supreme Court appeal arising out of the disclosure of payroll data of 100,000 employees on to the Internet by a rogue employee, raising issues relating to vicarious liability and misuse of data (Various Claimants v WM Morrisons Supermarkets Plc [2020] 2 AC 989)

Gayatri is a member of the Attorney General’s C Panel of Counsel. Before coming to the Bar, she taught EU law, tort law and land law at the University of Oxford. 


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Commercial

Gayatri’s practice encompasses a broad range of complex multi-jurisdictional and high-value commercial claims in the Commercial Court and Chancery Division.

She is ranked as ‘Up & Coming’ in Commercial Litigation in The Legal 500. 

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Civil Fraud, Asset Recovery & Injunctive Relief

Gayatri has been instructed in several multi-jurisdictional fraud disputes, including matters involving freezing orders in England and abroad and ancillary orders.

She is ranked as ‘Up & Coming’ in Civil Fraud in The Legal 500.

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Competition

Gayatri has considerable experience in competition law and has acted in a number of high-value claims in the Competition Appeal Tribunal.

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Public & Regulatory

Gayatri frequently acts and advises on public and regulatory matters. Her clients include individuals, regulators, government departments, NGOs, and companies.

In 2021, she was appointed as a member of the Attorney General’s C Panel. She is ranked as ‘Band 3’ in Public Law in Chambers and Partners.

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EU Law

Gayatri has considerable experience in all areas of EU law. She is particularly familiar with, and has frequently advised on, issues arising out of the UK's departure from the EU.

In 2016-17, Gayatri taught EU law to undergraduate students at Oriel College and Regent's Park College, University of Oxford. 

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Group Litigation

Gayatri has been instructed on a number of cases involving group litigation, including commercial group actions, competition collective proceedings, GLOs, mass data protection litigation, and public law test claimant litigation.

She is ranked as ‘Rising Star’ in Group Litigation in Chambers and Partners.

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Data Protection, Freedom of Information & Privacy

Gayatri has considerable experience advising on issues relating of data protection, freedom of information and privacy. She is regularly instructed to advise on data protection issues under domestic law and EU law. 

She is ranked in Data Protection as ‘Tier 2’ in The Legal 500 and ‘Up & Coming’ in Chambers and Partners.

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Civil Liberties & Human Rights

Gayatri frequently acts and advises on matters concerning civil liberties and human rights in a domestic and international context.

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Arbitration

Gayatri has worked on a number of arbitrations under the LCIA and ICC Rules. She has also been instructed in matters involving the enforcement of arbitral awards and anti-suit and anti-enforcement injunctions in aid of arbitral proceedings.  

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Environment

Gayatri regularly advises on issues of environmental law in the public and EU context. 

She is ranked as ‘Up & Coming’ in Environment in The Legal 500 (2022).

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Achievements

Education

BA (Hons) Jurisprudence (Oxon); BCL (Distinction) (Oxon)

Prizes and Scholarships 

  • Conference Scholarship (ALBA, 2018) 
  • Phoenicia Scholarship (Bar European Group, 2018) 
  • Eastham Scholarship (Lincoln's Inn, 2017) 
  • Prize for Civil Advocacy (University of Law, 2017) 
  • Prize for Employment Law and Practice (University of Law, 2017) 
  • Winner, Lord Slynn of Hadley Cup (UKELA, 2017) 
  • Lord Denning Scholarship, Accommodation Award, Hardwicke Entrance Award (Lincoln's Inn, 2016) 
  • Provost's Award for Excellence (University of Law, 2016) 
  • Winner, Frances Patterson Shield (UKELA, 2016) 
  • Winter Williams Prize for European Business Regulation (University of Oxford, 2015) 
  • Francis Taylor Building Prize for Environmental Law (University of Oxford, 2014) 
  • Isaiah Berlin Prizes for Administrative Law and Jurisprudence (Corpus Christi College, 2013)
  • Scholar of Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford (2011 - 2014)

Memberships

  • Commercial Bar Association
  • Bar European Group
  • Administrative Law Bar Association 


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