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Louise Lawrence
Position: Solicitor
Core Areas: Employment
Louise graduated from Somerville College, Oxford in 2004 with a degree in Law. She then went on to complete the Legal Practice Course at the College of Law, London, Louise qualified as a solicitor in 2008 having previously worked as a trainee for one year in Employment.
Louise has gained experience working for both employers and employees on contentious and non-contentious matters. Louise advises on various employment issues including restructuring and redundancy situations, compromise agreements, contracts of employment, grievance and disciplinary issues, and has acted for a number of claimants and respondents in unfair dismissal and discrimination Employment Tribunal claims.
Recent experience
- Obtaining a strike out of a race discrimination claim brought by an employee against a named individual respondent and a costs order against the employee for bringing the claim;
- Successfully defending claims brought by an employee for sex discrimination, victimisation and unfair dismissal involving a complex factual matrix and obtaining a restrictive reporting order;
- Acting for an employee in relation to the successful appeal against his dismissal which resulted in his reinstatement;
- Advising employees and employers in respect of disciplinary and grievance issues and drafting documentation for each stage of the process;
- Successfully negotiating favourable settlements in relation to unfair dismissal, sex discrimination, age discrimination and disability discrimination claims for a number of clients across a wide range of sectors.
Professional memberships
Law Society of England and Wales
Employment Lawyers' Association
Work history
2010 to date Solicitor, Winckworth Sherwood
2008 to 2010 Solicitor, Dawsons
2006 to 2008 Trainee Solicitor, Dawsons
Personal interests
Travelling, cooking and films
