Experience

Queen Square Chambers
• United Kingdom
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Barrister

  • May 2021 - Present


Weightmans

• United Kingdom
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Solicitor

  • Dec 2019 - May 2021

  I provide specialist advocacy, advisory (HR support) and fee earning services across the full range of employment and discrimination topics (as listed below). I am instructed to run cases from start to finish: Negotiating with ACAS (and drafting COT3 agreements), drafting ET3s and Grounds of Responses, dealing with disclosure, drafting witness statements and preliminary applications, and conducting the advocacy at those preliminary hearings, and at the full merits hearing. I am frequently instructed on complex, multi-day hearings, involving multiple claims and claimants. In addition to my contentious fee earner role, as detailed above, I am also fequently appointed as an independent and external investigator to investigate, report, and advise on disciplinaries and grievances. I have also been project lead on two collective consultations, affecting circa 1600 employees. I also assist with the supervision of two paralegals and trainee solicitors. My expertise lie in delivering an exceptional level of care and customer service for all clientele whilst providing the highest level of legal proficiency required to achieve the client’s specific instructions. Experience in my current role has developed my legal aptitude along with the ability to work in a team, prioritise, multi-task and manage a client’s ever changing requirements, often at very short-notice. Employment law topics covered: - Breach of confidentiality, restrictive covenants and injunctive relief. - Contractual claims (e.g. bonuses and redundancy payments). - Discrimination. - Employment status. - Investigations, Disciplinary and Grievances. - Redundancy and reorganisation. - Settlement agreements. - TUPE and Trade Union. - Unfair, constructive and wrongful dismissal. - Wages (including minimum wage). - Whistleblowing. - Policies and procedures. - Working time and holiday pay. Show less



Lodders Solicitors LLP

• United Kingdom
• Legal Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Solicitor Advocate

  • Jun 2018 - Dec 2019

  I advise both employers and employees in the following specialist areas: - Breach of Contract; - Restrictive Covenants; - Injunctive relief; - Settlement Agreements; - All forms of discrimination; - Unfair and wrongful Dismissal; - TUPE; - Working Time Regulations; and - Pay: Salary, bonuses and notice pay. I am frequently instructed to draft the following: - Contracts of Employment; - Handbooks: Policies and Procedures; - Settlement Agreements; - Grievances; - Appeals; - Equal Pay complaints; - Strategic commercial advice i.e. : termination of employment, breach of contract & TUPE; - Warnings; sanctions and disciplinary letters; - Claim forms, defences and witness statements; and - Schedules of loss. Show less



DAC Beachcroft LLP

• Solicitor

  • Sep 2016 - Mar 2018

  I handled all types of property- related subrograted claims: liability and recoveries. I handled a caseload of approximately 50 files of fast and multi-track value. These claims included: Breach of Contract; Breach of Statutory Duty; Negligence; Consumer Protection Act; The Sales of Goods Act; The Supply of Goods and Services Act; Nuisance and Trespass. My duties included drafting: - Pre-action Procotol letters of claim; -Schedules of loss and Part 36 offers; -Particulars of Claim and replies to Defences; -Witness statements; -Instructions to experts; and -Advices on liability, quantum and commercial viability. I also represented claimants in the following: Small Claims; Fast Track Trials, Pre-trial Review Hearings; Pre-trial Settlement Hearings; Applications; Costs Case Management Conferences; and Case Management Hearings. I have a keen interest in negotiation and mediation, and actively seek to encourage parties to settle disputes without the need to attend trial. Show less



Lyons Davidson Limited

• United Kingdom
• Legal Services
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Solicitor Advocate

  • Aug 2013 - Sep 2016

  Employment:I represented both claimants and respondents in full merit and preliminary hearings. My instructions covered a variety of matters including: unfair, wrongful and constructive dismissals; redundancy; unlawful deductions from wages; TUPE and discrimination cases. I drafted advices, skeleton arguments and written submissions. I assisted in the Employment Appeal Tribunal.Civil:I represented claimants and defendants in: fast track trials and small claims; Stage 3 MOJ oral hearings; allocation hearings; case management conferences; infant approvals, interim applications; disposal and assessment of damages hearings. I also provided advice on liability and quantum relating to personal injury, nuisance and breach of contract, as well as drafting pleadings in these areas.Criminal:Magistrates' Court - I represented Defendants charged with motor related offences. Show less

• Advocate

  • Jun 2011 - Aug 2013