Afiya Amesu enjoys a practice in Employment, Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence law.
She is instructed on a wide range of matters and regularly appears in the Employment Tribunal and County Court.
Afiya joined No5 in October 2023, having successfully completed pupillage.
Afiya appears in the Employment Tribunal regularly. She has represented clients in claims involving:
Afiya also advised on liability and quantum.
Before she practised as a barrister, Afiya worked as a Legal research assistant for barristers at Garden Court Chambers and as a student advisor at the UCL Legal Advice Clinic representing Claimants at the First Tier Tribunal.
She achieved a first class in her undergraduate Employment Law module.
Afiya is regularly instructed for both Claimants and Defendants in:
Afiya also accepts instructs to advise on liability and quantum, draft pleadings and draft schedules of loss.
Afiya has a developing clinical negligence practice. She accepts instructions from both Claimants and Defendants, and has experience of drafting pleadings, representing parties at inquests and advising in respect of both liability and quantum.
Afiya has a particular interest in inquests and represents interested parties in a range of matters.
Most recently, Afiya represented the bereaved family in a 4-day inquest concerning the death of a man as a result of a one-punch manslaughter incident.
Afiya also carries out clinical negligence inquests, her most recent inquest being a 3-day inquiry into the death of a woman following a failure to close the tap and bung on a catheter.
Other recently completed inquests include: (1) representing the family, at an inquest, of a man who fell during his hospital stay and (2) representing a man who collided with a drunk driver.
Last month, Andrew Rhodes and Afiya Amesu of our Employment Group provided a training session regarding Positive Action v Positive Discrimination to West Midlands Police…
No5 would like to congratulate Afiya Amesu on winning the ‘Junior Legal Professional of the Year Award’ at Birmingham Black Lawyers Ball on Saturday! William…
Last month, Andrew Rhodes and Afiya Amesu of our Employment Group provided a training session regarding Positive Action v Positive Discrimination to West Midlands Police…
No5 would like to congratulate Afiya Amesu on winning the ‘Junior Legal Professional of the Year Award’ at Birmingham Black Lawyers Ball on Saturday! William…
