Experience Profile
Claire is an Employment and Partnership Lawyer at Slater and Gordon Lawyers in London.
Claire’s practice encompasses all aspects of employment law - both contentious and non-contentious - for a wide range of individuals.
She regularly advises on severance terms, exit packages, service agreements and contracts, particularly for directors and senior executives.
Claire acts for clients who have unfair dismissal, discrimination and whistleblowing claims in the Employment Tribunal as well as handling High Court disputes involving breach of contract, team moves and post-termination restrictions.
Claire has run a number of complex and high value disability discrimination and age discrimination claims. She has particular experience advising clients with physical disabilities, degenerative conditions and mental health problems and in disputes which involve applications for permanent health insurance and long-term disability benefits. She also regularly acts for women who are concerned about their treatment when pregnant or on return from maternity leave.
She advises doctors, including consultants and GPs, in relation to employment disputes with both the NHS and private employers.
She has considerable experience advising groups of elected employee representatives in collective redundancy situations.
Claire is a regular speaker at conferences and seminars on Employment Law issues and is often asked to comment in the print and broadcast media.
Elizabeth Thompson assists Claire on her cases and their details can be found here: https://www.slatergordon.co.uk/our-experts/elizabeth-thompson/
Expertise
• Disability Discrimination
• Age Discrimination
• Pregnancy and Maternity Discrimination
• Whistleblowing
• Permanent Health Insurance
• NHS employees
Commendations from independent legal directories
• Chambers and Partners 2017: Claire is praised for fighting her client's corner and for being pragmatic and a good communicator.
• Claire is listed as one of the world's leading practitioners in Employment Law in Who's Who Legal 2016.
• Chambers and Partners 2016: Claire is an "extremely effective" adviser.
Claire is ranked as a notable practitioner in the Chambers & Partners 2015 UK legal directory.
• Claire is recommended by the Legal 500 Guide 2015 as an employment lawyer who has “an excellent knowledge of discrimination law”.
Notable cases (settled confidentially)
• Representing a number of senior executives in Age Discrimination claims resulting in high value settlements;
• A complex Disability Discrimination claim resulting in a favourable settlement for our client;
• A Maternity and Sex Discrimination claim for a senior banker.
Career History
• Claire has been with Slater and Gordon (and its predecessor firm Russell Jones & Walker) since 2005. Prior to that, she trained at and qualified into the Employment team at Hammonds (now Squire Patton Boggs).
Professional Memberships
• Employment Lawyers Association
• Discrimination Law Association
• London Irish Lawyers Association
Testimonials
• “Claire…We cannot thank you enough for all your support and advice over the course of last few months. You really kept us focused on the right things.” Anonymous, November 2014
• “Many thanks for your excellent, professional help on this. You've provided advice which has been clear, thorough and tactful. You have helped me a great deal through a difficult process and this is hugely appreciated.” Senior Executive Client, London
Clive is an expert in employment and partnership law, with particular expertise advising individuals on contentious exits, whistleblowing and discrimination claims, often within the financial sector and professional services. In addition, he has extensive experience advising senior individuals in the media sector.
Throughout his career, Clive has gained outstanding results and is well known for representing female senior executives and partners on discrimination cases relating to hostility faced as they seek to advance their careers, for example after maternity leave. He also acts for partners, and partnerships, in profit share disputes or in respect of individuals moving between firms.
Clive advises on both domestic and international cases with cross-border issues and has expertise in dealing with US whistleblowing ‘bounty’ claims. He frequently works alongside several of the top US firms in this area, and helps clients who have a US element to their claim take advantage of the favourable compensation that is available under US law.
Wayne Outten’s practice focuses on representing high-level employees and professionals in all aspects of their employment, including negotiation of employment, compensation, and severance agreements.
Mr. Outten was selected by his peers as one of the “Best Lawyers in America” every year since 1987 and as one of New York’s Super Lawyers, where he is listed as one of the Top 100 New York Metro Super Lawyers every year since 2006. Best Lawyers designated him "Lawyer of the Year 2010" for Labor and Employment Law - New York City and "Lawyer of the Year 2012" for Litigation - Labor and Employment in New York City. He was selected for the Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America every year since 2005, and for the Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America in 2006. Mr. Outten was also selected to the new Lawdragon 500 Plaintiff Employment Lawyers in 2018. Mr. Outten has been an AV Preeminent Rated Lawyer in the LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell Top Rated Lawyers since 1992.
Outten & Golden focuses on a global scale on advising and representing individuals in employment, partnership, and related workplace matters. The firm counsels individuals on employment and severance agreements; handles complex compensation and benefits issues, and advises professional partners (including accountants, doctors, and lawyers) with contractual and ethical issues. It also represents employees with a wide variety of claims, including discrimination and harassment based on sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, race, disability, national origin, religion, and age, as well as retaliation, whistleblower, and contract claims.
Outten & Golden is also at the forefront of family leave issues and veterans’ workplace rights. The firm handles some of the largest class action and impact litigations in the United States involving a wide range of employment issues, including economic exploitation, gender- and race-based harassment and discrimination, wage-and-hour violations, violations of the WARN Act, and other systemic workers' rights issues.
The firm is dedicated to representing employees and other individuals (including executives, partners, and talent), not employers, in all industries, all professions, and at all employment levels. As advocates for workplace fairness, the firm’s mission is to help advance the goals of employees and protect their rights against injustices in the workplace.
Outten & Golden’s attorneys advise and represent clients in matters involving former employers, current employers, and potential future employers. We also represent groups of employees collectively, as well as executive teams in transition. The firm’s international practice reaches across borders to represent and protect multinational employees.
Outten & Golden has offices in New York, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C.
Paul is a top-ranked UK employment lawyer with wide-ranging expertise across all areas of employment law including executive dismissal, discrimination, whistleblowing, contract disputes and sport.
Paul’s impressive case portfolio includes complex, high-value and international matters which see him acting for partners, fund managers, city executives and sports stars.
Previous sport clients have included Roy Hodgson, Mark Hughes, David Moyes, Andre Villas-Boas, Nicky Barmby, Avram Grant, Steve McLaren and Alex McLeish. Other sport cases have involved top Premiership and England International footballers, and leading cricketers and rugby stars.
