Jack Steele

Jack accepts instructions in all areas of public law and human rights.

Recent highlights of Jackʼs instructions in this field include:

• Reform UK Limited v Secretary of State: Acting for the Secretary of State in the Reform Party’s challenge to the postponement of certain local elections in England (led by Sir James Eadie KC, Julian Blake, and Ruth Kennedy);
• Broadbent v Secretary of State for the Home Department: Acting for the Secretary of State in the challenge to the prohibition on police officers joining independent unions (led by Jason Pobjoy KC and Patrick Halliday);
• Palantir Technologies UK Limited v Mayor’s Office of Policing and Crime: acting for the Mayor’s Office in a challenge to the Mayor’s Office declining to approve a £50m policing contract to Palantir (led by Joseph Barrett KC and Rupert Paines);
• Mandarin v HM Commissioner for the British Indian Ocean Territory: a challenge, presently in the British Indian Ocean Territory Court of Appeal, to the constitutionality of the British Indian Ocean Territory (Constitution) Order 2004 (as Embedded Counsel)

In his first year of practice, Jack acted as Embedded Counsel to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, advising on public and public international law.

Jack practises across a broad range of commercial litigation.

Recent highlights of Jackʼs work include:

• Guy Carpenter v Willis Limited and others [2026] EWHC 361 (KB): Acting for the First and Second Defendants in major ‘team move’ litigation, settled on confidential terms (led by David Craig KC and Jamie Susskind);
• Ahmed & Ors v Sainsbury’s: Acting for Sainsbury’s in major equal pay litigation;
• For a defendant in a high-profile whistleblowing and unfair dismissal claim (led by Jane McCafferty KC, Daniel Isenberg and Aliya al-Yassin);
• For the Claimant in a high-profile discrimination claim against a Premier League football club (led by Dan Stilitz KC);
• For the claimant in a racial discrimination claim against a large multi-national bank (as a pupil, assisting Tom Ogg);
• Dual proceedings in the High Court and Dubai International Financial Centre concerning the enforcement of restrictive covenants (as a pupil, assisting Amy Rogers KC and Tom Ogg).

Jack accepts instructions across all areas of employment law. Recent highlights of Jackʼs work include:

• Guy Carpenter v Willis Limited and others [2026] EWHC 361 (KB): Acting for the First and Second Defendants in major ‘team move’ litigation, settled on confidential terms (led by David Craig KC and Jamie Susskind);
• Ahmed & Ors v Sainsburys: Acting for Sainsbury’s in major equal pay litigation;
• Acting for a high-profile defendant in a major whistleblowing and unfair dismissal claim (led by Jane McCafferty KC, Dan Isenberg and Aliya al-Yassin);
• For the claimant in a high-profile discrimination claim against a Premier League football club (led by Dan Stilitz KC);
• For the claimant in a racial discrimination claim against a large multi-national bank (as a pupil, assisting Tom Ogg);
• An appeal to the Employment Appeal Tribunal concerning disability discrimination (as a pupil, assisting Jamie Susskind);
• An appeal to the Employment Appeal Tribunal concerning the scope of a COT3 settlement in a whistleblowing claim (as a pupil, assisting Jamie Susskind).

Jack accepts instructions in public and private international law.

In 2026, he acted as Embedded Counsel within the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, advising on public international law.

Recent highlights of his work in this domain include:

• Advising State X on its maritime boundary with State Y (led by Philippe Sands KC and Remi Reichhold)
• Acting for the Information Commissioner in Clearview AI v Information Commissioner, concerning the presumption of extra-territorial effect (led by Timothy Pitt-Payne KC and Jamie Susskind);
• Pejic v Storm Global and Ryanair, concerning the post-Brexit territorial and extra-territorial jurisdiction of the Tribunal (assisting Tom Ogg, as a pupil)

Jack practices across a broad range of information, technology and media law. Recent highlights of Jackʼs work in this field include:

• RTM v Bonne Terre Limited [2026] EWCA Civ 488 (led by Heather Emmerson)
• Advising a public authority on the Online Safety Act 2023 (as a pupil, assisting Jamie Susskind);
• Advising the Attorney General on allegations of contempt of court by a multinational publication (as a pupil, assisting Julian Blake).

Jack accepts instructions on a wide range of sport related matters. Recent highlights include:

• Acting unled for West Ham United in a successful strike-out application;
• Acting for the Claimant in a significant discrimination claim brought against a Premier League Football Club (acting unled at the preliminary hearing stage);
• Acting unled for a boxing promoter in an arbitration (under Sports Resolutions Arbitration Rules);
• Advising an international sports governing body on their eligibility regulations (as a pupil, assisting Ruth Kennedy).