About

I have around 15 years' experience advising employers across all sectors on employment law issues. I regularly act for respondents in defending all manner of Employment Tribunal claims, with particular experience in disability discrimination claims. I also act as a trusted advisor as part of Lewis Silkin's rockhopper team. I have also recently undertaken two client secondments, assisting with Tribunal litigation and general advisory work. Prior to joining Lewis Silkin, I worked at an international law firm.

In addition to my LLB qualification, I also have a BA in French with German.

Outside of work, I enjoy reading, travel, cooking and attempting to keep fit.

Experience

Employment

  • Advising household name clients in the technology and communications and hospitality sectors, providing tailored advice on all employment-related queries, whether negotiating exits, managing sickness absence or performance matters or advising on post-termination restrictions
  • Undertaking Tribunal litigation for a number of clients at all stages of the claims and in a variety of different claims, including successfully undertaking the advocacy in the defence of a claim against 5 named respondents in a claim for unfair dismissal, discrimination, whistleblowing and breach of contract for a technology client
  • Advising a software client in its defence for equal pay, constructive unfair dismissal and sex discrimination claims, from its initial stages to the Court of Appeal
  • Assisting a UK bank in the Employment Tribunal and Employment Appeal Tribunals in its defence of a £1 million+ whistleblowing and age discrimination claim
  • Negotiating a commercial settlement in a complex disability claim and unfair dismissal claim being brought against a travel and reservations company
  • Successfully defending claims of age discrimination being brought against two national companies
  • Secondee to the BBC, providing particular support on one long-running piece of Employment Tribunal litigation, as well as providing general employment advice
  • Secondee to the employment law team of Arriva plc, a provider of train and bus services across the UK Working on a number of Employment Tribunal claims, including advising on commercial settlement and drafting key documents for preliminary and full merits hearings and alternative dispute resolution

Services

Sectors