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Louise Stratton

Senior Associate
About

Louise is an experienced employment lawyer advising businesses on a wide range of contentious and non-contentious matters. She has significant experience in advising clients in the defence of employment tribunal litigation with a particular focus on discrimination and whistleblowing. Louise has had extensive involvement in advising and litigating in the retail, manufacturing, infrastructure and financial sectors.

Across these sectors, Louise provides day to day and strategic advice to both national and international clients on employment issues including disciplinary and grievance issues, restructuring, maternity and family leave, working time and redundancy, including supporting clients through individual and collective consultation requirements. She provides pragmatic and commercial solutions to contractual disputes, policy changes and executive exits.

Areas of FocusEmployment

EXPERIENCE

  • Successfully defended extensive race, sex and disability discrimination claims brought against a major UK retailer resulting in the strike out of claims in their entirety.
  • Acted for the UK arm of an international distributor in securing pragmatic settlements for two senior employees.
  • Delivered bespoke training to a UK based defence company on the implementation of the proactive duty to prevent sexual harassment.
  • Advised a global entertainment company on setting aside a default judgment and requesting an extension of time due to a missed response deadline in the Tribunal. Successfully secured an extension of time and the opportunity for the client to defend the claims brought.
  • Successfully defended complex and contentious discrimination claims in their entirety for a FTSE100 Insurer in a 21 day tribunal hearing.
Languages
  • English
Education
  • University of Sheffield, LL.B (Hons), 2011
  • University of Law, LL.M LPC. 2014

Prior Experience

  • 2015 – 2024, Trainee Solicitor and Associate – International Law Firm
  • 2013 – 2015, In-house Legal Adviser, FTSE100 Insurer

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