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Shabbir Lakha

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Position

Has practised almost exclusively in employment law work for over ten years. Acts for local authorities as well as private institutions. Previously instructed in a number of cases arising out of the collapse of the BCCI Bank. For the last few years, he has also been the standing counsel for a couple of local authorities in employment law matters. In this role he has been instructed in a number of very complex and wide ranging employment law cases. Within the last 12 months he has been acting for a local authority in a large group action involving over 1,000 claimants as part of equal pay claims. Recently completed a long and complex hearing involving DDA claims, again acting for a local authority – the local authority had an emphatic victory. Has developed a considerable amount of experience in dealing with very complex and sensitive cases. After one of the long-running complex race discrimination claims in which he was representing a local authority, with documentation running into a couple of thousands of pages, the chairman of the tribunal wrote to his then head of chambers commending his ‘encyclopaedic knowledge’ of the facts and the law and that he would have no hesitation in recommending Shabbir to any solicitor. With a predominant practice in employment and discrimination law, he covers a wide range of employment issues, including: discrimination, whistleblowing claims, equal pay, TUPE, unfair and wrongful dismissal.

Career

Called 1989, Lincoln’s Inn; standing counsel for a local authority in employment and discrimination cases.

Memberships

Employment Law Bar Association; Employment Lawyers Association; London Common Law and Commercial Bar Association.

Education

LLB Hons; MPhil (Cantab).