Shoosmiths LLP

Employment

Samantha is a Senior Associate and provides contentious and non-contentious support on employment matters in sectors ranging from social enterprise, retail, food & drink, utilities and manufacturing (pharmaceutical). Samantha has retained immigration experience and can support with corporate and personal immigration in the post-Brexit world, particularly with issues relating to sponsorship and right to work.

Samantha's interests sit within discrimination and equal pay. Samantha has  represented both employers and employees in the full breadth of discrimination claims. Currently, she is supporting the defence of an equal pay and sex discrimination class action. Recent litigation work requires consideration of the issue of trade union blacklisting, whether a pandemic mandatory face mask policy could be discriminatory to employees with disabilities and representing a claimant in an unfair dismissal claim against an employer in liquidation. Recent advisory work consists of dismissals due to statutory restriction, cross-border contract work and redesigning holiday pay processes as a result of updated case law. Samantha values thought leadership and have had work published by the Employment Law Journal, Lexology and Lexis Nexis.

Outside of the office, Samantha enjoys supporting next generation lawyers. I supervise law students to assist Claimants at the University of Edinburgh and the University of Strathclyde legal advice services.