Experience Profile
Paula is an employment lawyer at Slater and Gordon Lawyers in London.
She advises individuals on the full range of contentious and non-contentious employment law issues and has particular expertise in workplace sex, maternity and disability discrimination.
Paula has successfully represented city bankers, solicitors, surveyors, board level executive directors, media professionals and healthcare professionals in central London and across the UK.
She has helped negotiate more favourable contractual terms and conditions, defend performance and misconduct allegations, prepare robust grievances and achieve reinstatement following dismissal for gross misconduct.
She also negotiates favourable exits on behalf of her clients without recourse to the courts while ensuring their reputation and career prospects are protected.
Paula has acted in many complex discrimination and whistleblowing claims and multi-million pound disputes at employment tribunal and before the High Court.
She always ensures her clients have a strategy for achieving their objectives from the outset, whether that involves resolving internal disputes through a grievance, negotiating and securing favourable settlements, or litigating a claim before a tribunal or court.
Paula is also a regular media commentator on employment law matters having appeared on ITV News and BBC Radio as well as publishing articles for various publications across the UK, including The Times and the Evening Standard.
Expertise
• Discrimination
• Maternity disputes
• Sex discrimination
• Whistleblowing
• Employment tribunals
Career history
• Since 2012 Slater and Gordon
• University of Strathclyde
Professional memberships
• External examiner for the Diploma in Legal Practice for the University of Strathclyde
• Member of the Employment Lawyers’ Association
• Management committee member of the Scottish Discrimination Law Association, and the Society of Scottish Lawyers in London
• Member of the Employment Lawyers' Group in Scotland
Russell Bennett specialises in all matters relating to employment law. He has extensive experience representing employees, with particular emphasis on high-value employment disputes in the financial sector. He also advises on termination entitlements, post-termination restrictions, bonuses, discrimination, drafting employment contracts, handbooks, and other HR-related documentation. Russell’s background includes several years as regional in-house counsel with a major international brokerage, where he focused primarily on restructuring its employment practices, documentation, and structures, and resolving disputes and issues throughout Asia Pacific.
Daniel Iny handles a variety of civil matters, including representing individuals in wrongful dismissal claims and advising employees at all stages of the employment relationship. He is frequently retained to advise on and negotiate employment contracts, address various issues that may arise in the course of an employment relationship, and provide strategic advice upon termination, such as helping to negotiate termination and severance packages in lieu of litigation.
Julie is an experienced employment solicitor recognised in particular for her work advising clients with whistleblowing and discrimination complaints (most notably sex, maternity and equal pay). She is also very well regarded for advising senior executives on all types of employment-related issues, including contractual issues on joining and leaving organisations, particularly those in the financial services and professional services sectors.