May is a specialist employment law barrister. She is listed as a Rising Star in the Legal 500 and Up-and-Coming in Chambers &amp; Partners. She is described as 'excellent in court' and her submissions as 'exceptional'. Recent clients include Asda, Network Rail, Sky, and numerous NHS Trusts.May regularly appears in the Employment Tribunal for both preliminary and final hearings. She has significant experience with multi-day final hearings, substantive preliminary hearings, and remedy hearings. May has particular expertise in cases involving healthcare and public sector clients, including the NHS, as she completed a secondment at a leading solicitors' firm working almost exclusively with such clients, and has frequently represented such clients in the Tribunals since then. Recent work includes: <ul> <li> A 10-day disability discrimination case for a national telecommunications company;</li> <li> A 5-day disability discrimination case for the NHS;</li> <li> A 1-day preliminary hearing on employment status for a dental surgery;</li> <li> A 4-day race discrimination and unfair dismissal case for a national retailer;</li> <li> A 2-day remedy hearing where she successfully argued for re-engagement and back-pay.</li> </ul> &nbsp;<span style="font-size: 1rem;">May welcomes instructions to draft Grounds of Complaint and Grounds of Response. She regularly advises on liability in employment law matters and prides herself on her quick turnaround time for employment papers. </span>May has written for the ELA's Employment Law Briefing. She is happy to, and regularly does, provide training talks on employment law issues. She also accepts instructions to provide mock tribunals.In February 2025, May was appointed to the Attorney General's panel of regional counsel.

Chloe became a tenant in September 2020 after successfully completing pupillage under the supervision of Louise McCallum. Chloe’s main practice is in children law. Chloe is experienced in representing a range of clients in public and private children proceedings, including Local Authorities, parents, children’s guardians, children, and grandparents.Chloe has experience representing Local Authorities and parents in cases of non-accidental injury (NAI) in young children. Chloe has experience of being led in complex cases, including a multi-week finding of fact hearing determining serious NAI allegations. She has also regularly been instructed in cases representing or cross-examining parents with capacity difficulties.Chloe has developed an interest in cases involving one or more of the parties being neurodiverse (e.g. autism, ADHD) and cases concerning forced marriage and FGM, as well as applications to remove or restrict parental responsibility.Chloe has delivered seminars and training for lawyers and social workers. Topics covered include: FMPOs and FGMPOs, giving evidence in court, section 91(14) Orders, neurodiversity in family law, and post-adoption contact. Chloe has also written articles on a wide-range of topics, such as secure accommodation and the vaccination of children in both public and private law proceedings.Following the success of their seminar on FGMPOs and FMPOs, Chloe and Louise McCallum’s <u><a href="https://www.parklaneplowden.co.uk/news/louise-mccallum-and-chloe-branton-featured-in-family-law-journal" data-outlook-id="9efe33e8-4ebc-4988-a24c-cd396bca5c41">article</a></u> on the topic was published in the Family Law Journal (June 2021). Chloe has gone on to author further articles for the Family Law Journal on: special measures in June 2022, parental responsibility for unmarried fathers in August 2023, the utilising of section 91(14) orders in February 2024, and neurodiversity in family proceedings in August 2025.In October and November 2022 Chloe undertook a prestigious Pegasus Scholarship to the USA to experience the family justice system in various states including California, Colorado, Massachusetts, and Washington DC. Chloe acted as an ambassador for the Bar of England and Wales during her placement.Prior to pupillage Chloe studied Law at Lancaster University, achieving first class honours, including 97.3% in Family Law. Following her undergraduate degree, Chloe received scholarships from the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple to study the BPTC LLM, where she received a Distinction overall.Whilst studying, Chloe undertook a variety of Pro Bono work including with the Yorkshire Tribunal Advocacy Project (YTAP) assisting clients with ESA and PIP appeals. She also provided written advice to clients through the University’s Law Clinic. The summer before commencing pupillage, Chloe spent her time as a Research Assistant working on that years edition of Munkman and Exall on Damages.Chloe was selected in 2020 to be a <u><a href="https://www.parklaneplowden.co.uk/news/barrister-chloe-branton-announced-as-a-social-mobility-advocate-as-part-of-the-bar-council-iamthebar-caign" data-outlook-id="05ddacf5-ad28-4d42-b23f-7cc5a4a8d56d">Social Mobility Advocate for the Bar Council as part of their #IAmTheBar Campaign.</a></u> Chloe participates in outreach events for people interested in a career at the Bar with the Inner Temple, the Bar Council, and on a local level. She is also part of the North Eastern Circuit’s diversity group, where she organised and spoke at a diversity seminar on disabled lawyers. Chloe is also co-chair of the Circuit’s Neurodiversity Network, and is committed to supporting neurodiverse practitioners and parties in the family justice system.