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Laura Prince KC
Position
Specialises in employment and discrimination law, regularly appearing at appellate level and in complex employment tribunal matters for both claimants and respondents. Laura is one of the Attorney General’s Junior Counsel to the Crown (B Panel). Notable cases include: Parkwood Leisure v Alemo-Herron and others [2013] IRLR 744 (Court of Justice of the European Union, TUPE transfers); Hounga v Allen and Another [2014] IRLR 811 (Supreme Court, unfair dismissal, race discrimination and illegality); Gallop v Newport City Council [2014] IRLR 211 (Court of Appeal, disability discrimination); Burke v (1) College of Law and (2) Solicitors Regulatory Authority [2012] EqLR 279 (Court of Appeal, disability discrimination); Shui v University of Manchester UKEAT/ 0230/16/DA (duties of ET’s towards disabled litigants in person); Urso v DWP [2017] IRLR 304 (important case concerning discrimination arising from disability); DWP v Mughal UKEAT/0343/15 (successful perversity appeal); Atkinson v Community Gateway Association [2014] IRLR 834 (important constructive dismissal case concerning whether an employee can bring a claim if they are themselves in repudiatory breach of contract); Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board v Hughes and Others UKEAT/0179/13/JOJ (harassment on grounds of disability); Bradley v Royal Holloway University [2014] All ER (D) 12 (Sept) (professorial equal pay claim); Dass v The College of Harringey Enfield and North East London UKEAT/0108/12 (equal pay, stable employment relationships); Bozeat-Manzi v Telephonica UKEAT/0108/12 (litigants in person, just and equitable extension); Vaidya v GMC [2012] All ER (D) 215 (May) (construction of s12(1A) of the Race Relations Act).
Career
Called 2003; Lincoln’s Inn.
Memberships
ELA; ELBA.
Education
University College London (LLB, first class).
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Employment
(2023 Silks)Ranked: Tier 1The employment team at Matrix Chambers has been kept busy advising on industrial relations cases, equal pay claims, restrictive covenants and discrimination matters, to name a few areas of instruction. James Laddie KC garners praise as ‘the barrister you want on your side on the most complex, sensitive and reputationally-concerning matters‘. Mathew Purchase KC is well-known for representing claimants, employers and trade unions before all levels of the judicial system. Turning to the juniors, Tom Gillie‘s caseload spans whistleblowing, discrimination and human rights matters, while Nathan Roberts successfully acted as sole counsel for the Group Chief Investment Officer of an international business before the Employment Tribunal in an automatic unfair dismissal and whistleblowing claim, resulting in an award of over £1.6m. Recent growth for the set includes Edward Kemp joining the team from Littleton Chambers and Claire Darwin KC and Laura Prince KC being elevated to silk.