Sarah Lee

Employment, GDPR and Charities & Not-for-profit

Partner in BPE's Employment team. Sarah qualified in 2004 and has over 15 years’ worth of experience in contentious and non-contentious employment matters.

She has particular expertise in complex Employment Tribunal litigation, including appeals to the Employment Appeal Tribunal and Court of Appeal, as well as restrictive covenant and employment litigation in the High Court and Court of Appeal.

Her High Court experience includes: a complex restrictive covenant matter which included defending interim injunction proceedings and avoiding an expedited trial by the careful negotiation of limited undertakings; and dealing with the reported case of Dyson Technology Limited v Pellerey in which she collaborated with commercial litigation colleagues to successfully defend Dyson’s application for an injunction to restrain Mr Pellerey from using confidential information and to successfully challenge the springboard injunction issued at the Court of Appeal.

Sarah also specialises in restructure and redundancy processes, complex grievances and disciplinaries, whistleblowing, senior exits, GDPR and right to work, as well as delivering training to clients on areas including mock Tribunals, TUPE and restrictive covenants.

Sarah’s clients tend to be directors and HR representatives within sectors including facilities management, manufacturing, logistics and charities. She is client relationship manager for key clients including Howard Tenens and The Helping Hand Company (Ledbury) for whom she acts as external legal counsel, providing strategic legal advice, support and training. Due to her high level of technical expertise, she regularly delivers training to clients and HR professionals, has guest lectured on the University of Gloucestershire’s CIPD course and is responsible for BPE’s monthly employment law updates.

Nottingham Law SchoolCambridge University