Niazi Fetto KC – Personal Injury & Employment Law Expert Verified listing

Niazi Fetto KC specialises in personal injury, clinical negligence and employment.

‘Outstanding… He has a tireless work-ethic, a fierce intelligence and puts clients completely at ease’ (Legal 500, 2023). Niazi took silk in 2023, having long been recommended as a leading junior in Chambers and Partners and the Legal 500, and shortlisted for Chambers and Partners Personal Injury Junior of the Year.

His current caseload includes Green v MOD, a claim by a former Army officer that the misdiagnosis of an exertional heat injury led to a destabilisation of his neurological or psychiatric condition such that he went on to commit murder and attempted murder, and V v MOD, a sex discrimination claim alleging mismanagement of a female former soldier after she accused a colleague of rape.

Niazi is also a group litigation specialist. He was lead junior in the successful defence by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the Kenyan Emergency Group Litigation, the largest group action ever brought against the UK Government, and has since acted in multiple claims relating to the alleged abuse of child migrants during the 1950s and 1960s, and the potentially addicting effects of a specific class of antidepressant medications.

Niazi’s expertise lends itself particularly well to claims for injuries and diseases in an occupational or institutional context. He is regularly instructed in claims alleging discrimination/harassment/ bullying, and in industrial disease claims, including occupational exposure to asbestos, other hazardous substances and noise. He represented the successful defendant in the Court of Appeal in Sivaji v MOD [2021] EWCA Civ 1163, an asbestos mesothelioma claim.

He is also sought after for inquests and inquiries work corresponding with his areas of specialism. His recent instructions include the Inquest into the death of Richard Morris (2022) and the UK Covid-19 Inquiry.

Niazi has a broad and thriving employment law practice, with an emphasis on discrimination. His notable cases include H v MOD(2022 – sexual assault working abroad – discrimination, vicarious liability – appeal pending), Brookes v GLS [2017] IRLR 780 (disability discrimination – autism spectrum disorder, psychometric testing), and Naeem v SoS for Justice [2016] ICR 289 (indirect discrimination – race and religion – disparate impact and justification).

Appointments

King’s Counsel (2023) Treasury A Panel

Awards

Cecil Yahuda Scholarship, Inner Temple
Major Scholarship, Inner Temple
Duke of Edinburgh Award, Inner Temple
Wade Prize for Administrative Law, Cambridge University Rachel Fellowes Scholarship, Cambridge University
Jesus College Cambridge Foundation Scholarship

Recommendations

“Niazi is very experienced and sensible, a high-quality advocate who knows his stuff.” “Niazi has an easy manner with experts and witnesses, with great technical knowledge.” “His written advocacy and oral advocacy are very good.”
Chambers UK 2024

“Experienced, a strong tactician and trusted by clients.”
“Niazi is an outstanding junior. He has a tireless work-ethic, a fierce intelligence and puts clients completely at ease.”
Legal 500 2024