Leigh Day

The Manchester-based team at Leigh Day is noted for its ‘unparalleled employment expertise’, which it harnesses to handle complex and high-profile group action claims on behalf of claimants against well-known corporations. The group is particularly strong when it comes to equal pay claims and has a reputation as ’the best equal pay team in the country’. Further, the team advises the GMB on strategic issues and is well-placed to assist claimants in a wide variety of actionable trade union rights matters. Key practitioner Linda Wong has noteworthy experience acting for claimants in high-stakes equal pay litigation up to Supreme Court level, as does Lauren Lougheed. ‘One of the leaders in the sector’ Ryan Bradshaw specialises in cases at the crossover of employment and human rights law, with work ranging from higher education disputes to group discrimination claims. Emma Satyamurti and Nigel MacKay co-head the group from the firm’s London office.