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Amy has gained experience working on:

• Road Traffic Accidents
• Credit Hire
• Fraud and Fundamental dishonesty
• Occupiers’ liability
• Employers’ liability
• Flight delay claims

Amy is regularly instructed in small claims, fast track trials, CMCs and application hearings. Amy will frequently draft advice, pleadings and schedues.

Recent success includes: 

• Successfully obtained Judgment in excess of £40,000.00 for a pedestrian struck by a vehcile

• Successfully obtained Judgment in excess of £27,000.00 for an infant Claimant 

• Successful defence in a hearing involving allegations of fundamental dishonesty

• Representation in trial before a Circuit Judge involving a multi vehicle collision 

Amy is a confident and capable junior with a busy practice. She is happy to accept instructions on behalf of local authorities, governing bodies of all schools, colleges and universities and individuals.

Amy is approachable and has been praised for making her clients feel at ease. As part of her employment practice Amy has significant experience providing representation and advice in disability discrimination hearings.

Amy has sound knowledge of Education Law having previously volunteered as an advocate for the Communities Empowerment Network (CEN), who provide representation at school exclusion hearings.

Amy is part of the Education Law team and is keen to develop her practice in this area.

Amy continues to grow a successful employment practice (see notable cases). She is happy to provide advice and representation at all stages of claim.

Amy is also qualified to undertake employment work on a public access basis. 

Examples of work: 

Unfair and wrongful dismissal

• Successful defence in 3-day unfair and wrongful dismissal claim -Carroll v Hartlepool Borough Council

• Representation at 1-day gross misconduct hearings - e.g Mr S Young v Mike Pulman Limited Miss T Laverick v EE 

• Representation at remote unfair and wrongful dismissal hearings via CVP 

• Advising on claims for constructive unfair dismissal due to lack of PPE and social distancing in the Covid-19 pandemic 

Discrimination

• Representation at 7-day hearing involving multiple claims of disability discrimination and unfair dismissal 

• Respresentation at a 6-day hearing involving claims of sex discrimination, sexual harrassment and unfair dismissal 

• Negotiating sucessful result at judicial mediation in claim alleging multiple allegations of discrimination, harrassment and victimisation

• Respresentation in 3-day hearing involving multiple claims of race discrimination 

Positive action (s.158 & s.159 EqA 2010) 

• Sucessfully defending discrimination claims where employers have sought to use positive action 

• Advising employers on the use of positive action for recruitment and promotion 

Jurisdiction

• Successful representation for a client based overseas in hearing to deal with territorial jurisdiction - N Langworthy v Angela Mortimer PLC

•  Representation at hearings which require the tribunal to consider jurisdiction and applications to extend time. Amy has sucessfully argued this point for both Respondent and Claimant parties - e.g Mr John Smith v  Northumberland County Council  

Whistleblowing 

• Acting as a junior in preparation for a multi-week whistlblowing and vicitimisation claim

• Assisting in negotiating a settlement following allegations of reported abuse within a care home

Status 

• Advising and providing representation at hearings to decide employee and/or disability status 

Employment Appeal Tribunal

• Amy joined her supervisor, Seamus Sweeney, at an appeal hearing considering equal pay arrears from invsolvent companies. Amy provided a note of the case