Parklane Plowden‘s ‘stable of employment counsel is first-class‘. The ‘strong‘ team, which is jointly led by the ‘incisive and agile‘ Andrew Sugarman and the ‘great communicator‘ Dominic Bayne, has an excellent track record in acting for claimants and respondents in a broad range of complex employment matters. The ‘eloquent‘ Roger Quickfall regularly advises on complex discrimination and whistleblowing cases, and the ‘extremely intelligent‘ Sophie Firth is sought after for her expertise in handling unfair dismissal claims, victimisation matters and discrimination claims. In recent instructions for the group, Hari Menon successfully represented the claimant in a whistleblowing matter before the Employment Appeal Tribunal, involving the issue of novus actus interveniens, or a supervening event breaking the chain of causation.

At Trinity Chambers, the employment team continues to advise on a broad spectrum of work, including TUPE matters, whistleblowing claims, and unfair dismissal cases. The group has seen an uptick in instructions concerning discrimination claims, an area in which team head Jane Callan is singled out for her expertise. Simon Goldberg KC has a solid track record in handling unfair and wrongful dismissal claims, and Andrew Crammond is highly regarded for his experience in advising on restrictive covenants. Recent work for the set includes Richard Stubbs successfully appearing for the respondent, an NHS Trust, in an equal pay claim brought against the trust by a consultant clinical psychologist. In a separate matter, Sarah Ismail successfully obtained protective awards for more than forty claimants, due to the respondent’s failure to make a collective consultation on redundancy.