Mike Cain > Leigh Day > Manchester, England > Lawyer Profile

Praised as a ‘national leader in claimant work’, the Manchester-based group at Leigh Day boasts unique experience in equal pay matters. The team’s expertise spans across a broad range of employment issues, with particular emphasis on sex and disability discrimination, worker status law, holiday pay, and advising senior executives on exit arrangements, as well as matters involving unions and industrial rights. Lauren Lougheed is particularly skilled in group litigation and equal pay mandates, and Linda Wong is also ‘exceptional in her knowledge and experience of equal pay work’, as well being experienced in matters involving sexual harassment, discrimination, and whistleblowing. The department also includes Mike Cain, whose ‘knowledge of the senior executive market is unbeaten‘. He is also a seasoned expert in trade union and employee work in the industrial sectors, and Ryan Bradshaw specialises in the interdisciplinary crossover between human rights and employment law.

Clients praise Leigh Day for its ‘laser-like focus is on delivering the best outcome’. Its work encompasses severance negotiations, bonus issues and restrictive covenants, as well as employment disputes involving the FCA. The practice is jointly overseen by Emma Satyamurti and Nigel Mackay, who is skilled in advising on restrictive covenants and age discrimination cases. Mike Cain is highly regarded for his work on discrimination claims in the banking and financial services sector. Nick Webster is a go-to advisor for matters involving sexual harassment, disability discrimination and whistleblowing detriment claims.