Sheila Law

She regularly assists her clients from the outset of the Tribunals process, or even prior to it if appropriate. With her skills in workplace mediation, she has often been called on to assist prior to a Tribunals process arising. However, once it has, she can also undertake work in relation to all aspects of employment law work which can range from drafting your response, to representing you at Tribunal. Some examples of the type of employment law work she has done in the past includes unfair dismissal, discrimination, wrongful dismissal, advising on compromise agreements, and drafting contracts.

Sheila worked with numerous satisfied clients and had a number of high profile wins, including the widely publicised Macken v BNP Paribas, in which she successfully represented the Claimant, in what was termed by the Guardian as a "rare win" in the equal pay field. This win prompted the start of the #MeTooPay movement.  It is one of the highest tribunal awards and ACAS uplifts of all time and historic in the sense that it is the first time in the Employment Tribunal’s history that an equal pay audit has been ordered against an employer. She is to her knowledge the only person in the top 10 employment tribunal awards of all time to have achieved this under direct access instructions.

Although the vast majority of her cases do not feature in the press and of course client confidentiality is paramount, she has nevertheless been involved in a number of other high profile cases, some of which have been featured across every major newspaper, Channel 4 and the BBC. These most recently also include Dehais v BNP Paribas, Mulumba v Partners Group and Ms. A v Lord Ranger & others. She undertook direct access instructions in most of these and went onto win on behalf of the Claimants involved against highly resourced legal teams.  She has also recently been featured in "Its Raining Women" (a feature length documentary about Equal Pay and the glass ceiling). 

Although Sheila works with a lot of corporate clients, she has successfully represented employers and employees from all walks of life, and will always deal with your case in a kind, sensitive and robust way.

She regularly assists her clients from the outset of the Tribunals process, or even prior to it if appropriate.  With her skills in workplace mediation, she has often been called on to assist prior to a Tribunals process arising. However, once it has, she  can also undertake work in relation to all aspects of employment law work which can range from drafting your response, to representing you at Tribunal. Some examples of the type of employment law work she has done in the past includes unfair dismissal, discrimination, wrongful dismissal, advising on compromise agreements, and drafting contracts.

Approach 

Sheila often assists her clients from the very outset of their claims. She's down to earth, and has been told that she has a knack for explaining complicated concepts in an easy way. She believes in treating everyone that she represents in a way that is both sensitive and professional. Knowing how stressful bringing a claim can be, she believes that it is her job to make that process as easy as possible for you. She takes account of what all her clients want, then work together to make sure that you are achieving the best possible results that you can. Her past client relationships have meant that she has had the good fortune of getting a lot of her work through referral and repeat business. 

Mediation

Sheila is a CEDR and ADR accredited commercial and family mediator. She has trained hundreds of people in mediation around the world. With a combined background in coaching and law for over 10 years, Sheila is ideally placed to work with all the parties to come to an acceptable solution for all concerned.

Sheila speaks fluent Portuguese and Gujarati.

• Called to the Bar in 2002