Branch Austin McCormick LLP

Partner & Head of Employment at Branch Austin LLP

Partner and Head of Employment

Notable Work:

Successfully representing Sonia Appleby in her whistleblowing claim against The Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust September 2021 The Times Lawyer of the Week in September 2021. Lawyer in the News in the Law Society Gazette September 2021. Successfully represented a fellow solicitor at trial in her Equal Pay and Sex Discrimination / Harassment trial – August 2021 Successfully overturned a “manifestly wrong” Employment Appeal Tribunal precedent, reviving the concept of Constructive Harassment Dismissal (EA-2020-000876-LA and EA-2020-000877) in July 2021. Successfully represented several clients at trial against RVA Surveyors Ltd leading to RVA being debated in Westminster Hall as reported in Hansard in May 2021. Successfully clarified the law on the distinction between the test for unfair dismissal and wrongful dismissal (Don-Pevi v Royal Mail Group Ltd UKEAT/0232/15/DA) in January 2016.

LLB at University of Manchester

LPC at College of Law

New York Bar Course