Discrimination and whistleblowing for individuals

Our experts help whistleblower employees who have been dismissed or treated unfavourably by their employer because they disclosed information about the employer's wrongdoing. Employees can also seek advice from us where they are being victimised because they have complained of discrimination or acted as a whistleblower.

We deal with employees from a wide variety of backgrounds and sectors of the economy. Many of the claims we handle are funded by legal expense insurance and we often assist in dealing with insurers.

We advise employees when they are discriminated against or harassed on the basis of:

• age
• sex
• race
• religion or belief
• disability, sexual orientation
• trans-gender status
• marital status

Unlike many employment law specialists, we regularly act for both employers and employees. This gives us better insights into what the other side is likely to be thinking. We understand the importance of providing emotional support to clients who have been bullied or mistreated, particularly where their health has been affected. 

We are one of a relatively small number of employment law teams that is highly recommended in The Legal 500.

Our team is praised for their expertise, client service and personal manner. Clients note the team's "excellent client focus" and "client care, they are happy to discuss matters". 

We’re a six-strong team of specialist employment lawyers with a strong track record and have handled high-profile cases, including the associative discrimination case Coleman v Attridge Law, a whistleblowing claim against the television production company Vera Productions and a claim involving allegations of sexual misconduct against one of England's richest men.

Acting for trade or qualifying bodies, or bodies exercising public functions, we have successfully defended a number of very large discrimination claims in which the claimants were claiming for loss of career, obtaining some of the largest costs awards ever awarded in the Employment Tribunal.

Client expertise

Cases we have dealt with recently include:

• the reported cases of Fu v London Borough of Camden [2001] 186, IRLR EAT and Woodward v Abbey National plc [2006] IRLR 677
• claims brought on behalf of very senior individuals within the banking, financial services and insurance industries (a number of which have been seven figure claims)
• complex disability discrimination claims for loss of career
• a claim in which our client received a settlement of more than 10 times her salary, after she was taken out of an equity participation scheme when she became pregnant
• a sex discrimination claim against a well-known surgeon