
Advocate's Pro Bono Recognition List 2026
42BR Barristers is proud to have 9 members included on this year's Pro Bono Recognition List.
Published: 20th Apr 2026

Jude's field of expertise embraces all aspects of employment law and she has extensive experience of dealing with complex discrimination and whistleblowing claims.
Jude deals with many legally complex and factually difficult claims, often of significant value. Her cases often involve vulnerable parties.
Jude is ranked as a leading junior in employment law by both the Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners legal directories.
Jude also sits as a fee paid Employment Judge in the Employment Tribunals in Scotland and is a Trustee on the Board of Advocate, the Bar’s national pro bono charity.
In addition to her many appearances in the Employment Tribunals and appellate courts, she also regularly advises organisations on how to avoid litigation in this increasingly complex field of law. Jude prides herself on taking a partnership approach to resolving problems with her claims. She also regularly provides training for lay and professional clients and can tailor training courses for any client’s needs.
Jude is often commended for her pragmatic and practical approach to problem solving with her cases, not just during litigation but also in resolving conflict in the workplace before litigation. Her instructing solicitors often comment on the team approach that she takes to get her clients the best possible results.
Jude has been instructed by a wide variety of clients and has a particularly strong following from clients in the financial, transport, retail, education and public sectors.
Recent Cases
Jude is authorised to accept instructions direct from members of the public. She encourages clients who are considering this route to contact Chambers and discuss their problem.
In suitable cases, Jude can provide client conferences, written advice and representation at court.




42BR Barristers is proud to have 9 members included on this year's Pro Bono Recognition List.
Published: 20th Apr 2026

To follow on from our discussion released on International Women's Day, Jude Shepherd and Ellie Sanders, along with Talent Retention and Women's Leadership Specialist, Nikki Alderson, discuss some of the issues faced by women within the legal industry.
Published: 1st May 2025

42BR Barristers is proud to have 10 members included on this year's Pro Bono Recognition List.
Published: 7th Apr 2025

42BR Barristers is delighted to share that we have been shortlisted for 6 awards, across three practice areas, at The Legal 500 Bar Awards 2024.
Published: 9th Jul 2024

Case summary written by 42BR's Vistra Greenaway-Harvey.
Published: 16th Apr 2024

Congratulations to Jude Shepherd on her appointment as a Trustee of the Board of Advocate
Published: 17th Oct 2023
Recording of the Employment Annual Lecture 2022, The Muslim Penalty?
Published: 26th Aug 2022

A team of barristers from 42 Bedford Row are walking with the Lord Chief Justice and thousands of lawyers to raise funds for the London Legal Support Trust which funds Law Centres and pro bono agencies in and around London.
Published: 18th Aug 2021

As the title subjects, this webinar explores what claimants and respondents can do to maximise or minimise respectively the level of compensation awarded by an ET.
Published: 15th Jun 2021

Congratulations to Jude Shepherd on her appointment as a part-time Employment Judge.
Published: 20th Sep 2020

Chambers are thrilled to have 17 individual recommendations/rankings in the new Chambers & Partners 2019.
Published: 8th Nov 2018

Jude Shepherd delivers a webinar in partnership with Masterclass Training, looking at the causes of the gender pay gap and the steps being taken to close the gap by introducing mandatory gender pay gap reporting. The new Regulations have a target introduction date of 1 October 2016. Listen to the recording of the webinar to
Published: 25th Jul 2016

In a new equal pay decision Haq v Audit Commission the Court of Appeal upholds the Respondent’s “genuine material factor” defence based on a form of “pay protection ”. The policy entailed that on reorganisation, employees kept the higher pay level of their old jobs where the new and old jobs were in the same
Published: 7th Dec 2012
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