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Barbara Zeitler

BA (Hons.), PhD History of Art – Courtauld Institute:

University of London

CPE – Southbank University

LLM – (EU Law) King’s College London

[Called: Lincoln’s Inn 2001]

Member of these Practice Teams
| CIVIL | PUBLIC LAW | EMPLOYMENT | Download CV as PDF

Specialist Areas of Practice:
Public Law, Employment, Civil Litigation

Public Law

  • • Local Government
    • Housing
    • Environmental Health

Barbara Zeitler’s practice covers a wide range of work, including environmental health (statutory nuisance, health and safety, and food safety), licensing, taxi and private hire car licensing, trading standards and benefit frauds.  She has particular expertise in all areas relating to housing, including disrepair, possession proceedings, homelessness and allocations. 

Employment

Barbara acts on behalf of both claimants and respondents in a wide range of cases covering unfair dismissal, wrongful dismissal, claims under the Working Time Regulations, and all types of discrimination claims.  She has successfully appeared before the EAT.

Civil Litigation

Her civil practice encompasses

  • • Residential and Commercial Landlord and Tenant

  • • Contractual Disputes

In 2003 Barbara was awarded a JP Warner Scholarship and spent three months at the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg;

In 2005 she spent a month at a Parisian law firm as part of the London-Paris Bar Exchange.

Professional Memberships:

Social Housing Law Association (SHLA)

Employment Lawyers' Association (ELA)

Employment Law Bar Association (ELBA)

Bar European Group