Bates Wells

Employment

Lucy is a Partner in the Employment team at Bates Wells, specialising in contentious employment work with a particular emphasis on discrimination and status issues.

As a regular advocate in employment tribunals and Employment Appeal Tribunals, she has acted on behalf of both claimants and respondents. Examples of Lucy’s work include defending a religious Occupational Requirement for a faith-based organisation (Muhammed v Leprosy Mission International, EOR March 2010); and successfully creating the concept of associative discrimination to the Court of Justice of the European Union (Coleman v Attridge Law).

Partner, Bates Wells, 2005

Admitted as a solicitor, 2002

Joined Bates Wells in 1999

Barrister, 1997

Called to the Bar, 1997

Training, Farrar’s Building

Author of ‘Working Time and Holidays – A Practical Legal Guide’, 2009

Author of articles for ‘The Times’ and ‘Personnel Today’

French, Italian

Member of Employment Lawyers Association

Executive Committee Member, Industrial Law Society

Advisory panel of Equal Opportunities Review

Honorary legal advisor to Employers for Carers

School governor

Volunteer youth leader

Inns of Court School of Law, Bar Vocational Course, 1997

City University, CPE, 1996

Bristol University, BA First Class Honours in English, 1994

Travel, skiing, reading, film, wine appreciation