Iris Ferber KC is a specialist in Employment, Property and Social Housing law, with a particular focus on litigation involving discrimination. She was called to the Bar in 2005, and was appointed to Silk in 2023.
Iris deals with high value, legally complex, factually difficult cases – and her cases often involve vulnerable parties and witnesses.
In her Employment practice, that includes all types of discrimination, whistleblowing, trade union detriment, health and safety detriment, historic and high value wages claims, and appeals. She appears in the Employment Tribunal, the High Court and the appellate courts.
In her Property practice, and particularly her specialism of Social Housing, Iris is very often instructed in cases involving allegations of discrimination under the Equality Act.
Iris also acts in cases of tenancy fraud and serious criminal and anti-social behaviour, and in cases involving highly technical aspects of property law, such as forfeiture, service charges, boundaries and tenancies at will.
Iris regularly represents appellants and respondents in statutory homelessness appeals and judicial reviews; she also writes on homelessness and allocations for the Lexis+ service.
Iris has been recommended by both Legal 500 and Chambers UK, in both the Employment rankings and the Social Housing rankings, since 2018.