Georgina has a busy and wide-ranging employment practice. She is regularly instructed as sole counsel in complex multi-day proceedings including whistleblowing, discrimination, unfair dismissal, TUPE, and employment status disputes.
Georgina’s cases frequently involve issues of particular sensitivity, such as claims brought by or against senior executives, allegations with potential regulatory implications, and tribunal claims brought in the context of High Court or criminal proceedings.
Along with David Reade KC and Grahame Anderson, Georgina is Editor of the Butterworths Employment Law Handbook.
Cases include:
- Representing a former partner in a law firm in tribunal proceedings against the firm (sole counsel, 2024)
- Iturralde v Ruby Labs Ltd: Represented mobile technology company in five day trial of unfair dismissal and whistleblowing claims brought by former senior advisor. Successfully resisted all claims and obtained finding that the Claimant had tried to blackmail and extort money from the Respondent (sole counsel, 2022)
- Bashova v Sovrn UK Ltd: Represented technology platform in sex discrimination claims brought in context of redundancy exercise. Defeated all claims and obtained costs order (sole counsel, 2022)
- Scheldebouw v Evanson [2022] EAT 157: Acted in appeal to the EAT on point concerning scope of without prejudice privilege (sole counsel, 2022)
- Represented technology company in whistleblowing dispute with former senior employee (with concurrent dispute regarding share options). Settled shortly before trial (sole counsel, 2022)
- Advising a director, shareholder and employee of a property development group on employment aspects of a multi-million pound dispute (sole employment counsel, 2022)
- Osborne v British Airways PLC: Represented British Airways in three day trial of trade union blacklisting claims (sole counsel, 2021)
- Royal Mail Group Ltd v Efobi[2021] 1 W.L.R. 3863 (led by David Reade KC and David Flood): Represented the successful Respondent in Supreme Court appeal confirming that the introduction of the Equality Act 2010 did not fundamentally change the operation of the burden of proof in discrimination claims.
- Royal Mencap Society v Tomlinson-Blake[2021] I.C.R. 758 (led by David Reade KC and Niran de Silva): Represented the successful Respondent in Supreme Court appeal regarding the applicability of the national minimum wage regime to sleep-in shifts. This appeal was a landmark case for the care sector and was one of The Lawyer’s Top Appeals of 2020
- Acting for a partner in a law firm bringing sex discrimination and whistleblowing proceedings against the firm (2020).
- Representing a CEO dismissed for alleged financial mismanagement in unfair dismissal claim (2018, sole counsel against a silk).
- Egbayelo v Ocado: Representing the successful Respondent in the Employment Appeal Tribunal in an appeal concerning contractual variation (2019, sole counsel).
- Acting for a regulator in proceedings relating to a number of discrimination claims in the employment tribunal and Employment Appeal Tribunal (2018, sole counsel).
- Vigo v London Underground Ltd: Obtained reinstatement for Claimant, a tube driver (2018, sole counsel, against counsel of 2004 call).
- Acted for the Respondents in two claims brought by Claimants with schizophrenia, relating to perceived campaigns of surveillance and discrimination (2018, sole counsel).
- Boath v Barclays:Whistleblowing and bonus claims relating to events of 2008 and SFO investigation (see coverage here) (2016, led by Jonathan Cohen KC).
- Department of Work and Pensions v MughalUKEAT/0343/15/JOJ: Represented the Claimant in full hearing before the Employment Appeal Tribunal concerning reinstatement and contributory fault (2016, sole counsel).
- McAlinden v Lazarov and others: Represented the successful Respondent in the first case on whether fringe theatre actors in a profit share production are workers. This case generated national interest and was reported by the BBC, The Independentand The Stage (2015, sole counsel).
Georgina is a reviewer of employment cases for Advocate, and a member of the ELAAS pro bono scheme at the Employment Appeal Tribunal.