Masters of the Bench

Mohinderpal Sethi KC attended Langdon Comprehensive School in East Ham in the London Borough of Newham. He read Law at Wadham College, Oxford where he was a College Scholar. He was called to the Bar in 1996 and was The Queen Mother’s Scholar (the premier Inn scholarship), The Malcolm Wright Prizewinner and Harmsworth Major Entrance Exhibitioner. He took silk in 2019 and practises from Littleton Chambers.

He specialises in commercial, employment, partnership and sport litigation and arbitration appearing at all levels in domestic, international and offshore courts and tribunals. In 2015 he was appointed by the Attorney-General directly to the A-Panel of Counsel to the Crown. He was the Chair of the Employment Law Bar Association from 2021 to 2023. In 2022 he was named the Civil Lawyer of the Year (ALA) and Barrister of the Year Finalist (The Lawyer). In 2023 he won Employment Silk of the Year (Legal 500) and Senior Counsel of the Year (IEL). He is co-author of Employment Tribunal Remedies (OUP) and Termination of Employment (Bloomsbury). He enjoys tennis, hiking and opera. He has a particular interest in advancing equality, diversity and social mobility at the Bar.