Rupert Myers BA (Cantab)

Rupert read law at Emmanuel College Cambridge and went on to be an Inner Temple Exhibitioner.

 

He specialises in civil and commercial disputes, appearing routinely for claimants and defendants in the County Court. He is regularly instructed to provide advice in personal injury claims, and has successfully undertaken CFA fast track work.

 

Rupert has represented parties as sole counsel in multi-track commercial and High Court Chancery cases. His commercial experience includes being instructed both to undertake advisory work and to appear on behalf of applicants and respondents in Employment Tribunal hearings and in insolvency proceedings.

 

He has also appeared in a number of cases before the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal, the Social Security Appeals Tribunal, and the Crown Court.

 

Rupert has appeared as a legal pundit on BBC 1 and Sky News.  His writing on the legal system has been published in The Lawyer, The Times and The Guardian.

 

Before becoming a barrister Rupert debated for Inner Temple and Cambridge University in national and international competitions, and spent time at law firms in Tokyo (Linklaters) and Sydney (Allens Arthur Robinson).

 

Rupert grew up in East Anglia, and was a scholar at Woodbridge School.

Interests

When not working Rupert enjoys long walks, sometimes up steep mountains abroad, and the odd bit of writing, some of which can be found here.