Recommendations
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'Thanks again for your meticulous work towards achieving [a successful] outcome
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Your advice worked very well…it was much easier for me with your straightforward help and support
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Thank you for your very calm approach
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Sensible and practical…thank you for hard work turning around the documents so quickly…and for your help throughout the process
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Very clear and very helpful…many thanks for responding so speedily
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Thank you for offering to "go the second mile"
Experience
I trained as a solicitor at Mills & Reeve in Cambridge, and joined the Employment team at Bates Wells as a newly qualified solicitor in September 2012. After taking a sabbatical in 2014 to spend some time travelling and setting up a small business, I returned to the team in June 2016.
I advise predominantly employer clients in relation to a broad range of employment law matters, including terms and conditions of employment, pregnancy and maternity rights, equality and discrimination issues, grievances, disciplinaries, performance management and redundancies. I also undertake a broad range of contentious work on cases in the Employment Tribunal, Employment Appeal Tribunal and Court of Appeal, including in relation to claims for unfair dismissal and discrimination; as well as drafting and negotiating settlement agreements.
Highlights
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I assisted an employer with successfully defending claims of unfair dismissal and marriage discrimination
This included assisting with an appeal to the Court of Appeal in respect of a novel point of law regarding whether a marriage breakdown falls within the protected category of marital status
- I drafted guidance for a professional body in relation to dealing with and avoiding sexual harassment in the workplace
- I assisted a large healthcare sector client with an internal investigation into allegations of harassment, race discrimination and disability discrimination
- I advised an education sector client in relation to the election of a women’s officer and Equality Act implications
- I successfully defended a regulatory sector employer in respect of disability discrimination claims brought by a current employee
- I advised an education sector client in relation allegations of gender segregation and sex discrimination
- I advised an international organisation in relation to their statutory maternity / paternity leave and pay obligations, and applicable statutory immunities
- I advised a charity in relation to sleep-in shifts, working time and National Minimum Wage obligations
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Qualifications and career
- University of Bristol, BA (Hons) History with French, 2006
- The College of Law, Graduate Diploma in Law, 2008
- The College of Law, Legal Practice Course, 2009
- Mills & Reeve LLP, training contract, 2011
- Joined Bates Wells, 2012
- Sabbatical, 2014 - 2016
- Returned to Bates Wells, 2016
- Promoted to Associate, Bates Wells, 2018
Pro bono, memberships, and appointments
- Pro-bono Legal Adviser at South West London Law Centres
- Member of the Employment Lawyers Association
- Member of the Industrial Law Society
- Volunteer for the Schools Consent Project
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