"....Is an employment star...." - Legal 500 2007
Year of Call | 1995 |
Education | BA Newcastle upon Tyne University. MSc (Econ) LSE |
Specialisation | Employment Law. |
Particular Interests | Transfers of undertakings and all discrimination matters, including Equal Pay. |
Memberships | Employment Law Bar Association, Industrial Law Society. |
Points of note | Trained for the Bar after 10 years working as an employment law adviser in a national employers’ organization. Harmsworth Award. |
Reported Cases | Vento v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police v Vento (No 2), ECWA, [2003] IRLR 285 (leading case on injury to feelings awards in discrimination cases). Nexus v Best and others [2007] ICR 523 (EAT) (disparate impact) Middlesbrough Council v Surtees [2007] ICR 1644 (EAT) (seperate collective bargaining as a GMF; pay protection) Middlesbrough Council v Surtees (No. 2) [2007] IRLR 981 (EAT) (admission of party's expert report in equal value cases) |
External Comment | Listed as a leader in employment law in Chambers UK 2008 which states that she has a "professional manner" and is "user friendly", and further reports that 'the contentious side of her practice includes disability, sex discrimination and equal pay issues, whilst she has also offered advice to large local authorities on restructuring plans. Legal 500 2007 continues by saying that she ' ... is an employment star specialising in discrimination matters and transfer of undertakings ....' |