Doyle Clayton

Employment Team, London

Peter Daly is a Partner within the employment team with a track record of pursuing high profile and complex litigation, and of resolving disputes effectively. His work pushes the boundaries of discrimination and whistleblowing law and both Chambers and The Legal 500 rank him as one of the UK’s leading employment lawyers with reviews including:

• "He is one of the best employment lawyers out there on the claimant side in terms of technical knowledge and skill; his approach to strategy is second to none." … "He has novel arguments and is willing to go the extra mile for his clients."… "He's a very good lawyer and he is very creative." Chambers and Partners 2021
• “Peter Daly is an exceptionally smart lawyer, technically strong and eminently pragmatic. From a client perspective, during what was an emotionally charged time, he showed compassion whilst never losing sight of achieving a good client outcome.” The Legal 500 2021
• “Peter Daly has an encyclopaedic knowledge of employment practice as well as a very effective strategic mind.” The Legal 500 2020
• “imaginative yet sensitive to the immediate needs of any client' and has 'strong attention to detail.” The Legal 500 2017
• “an excellent legal mind and analytical skills” The Legal 500 2016

Where trained : MLS Chase LLP Year qualified : July 2007

Year made Partner in present firm : 2021

Please summarise your professional career (ie: posts, job, appointments)

Peter qualified as a solicitor at MLS Chase before moving to Bindmans where he specialised in employment law, whilst there his work pushed the boundaries of discrimination and whistleblowing law. He went on to join Slate and Gordon in May 2019 where he further developed this expertised and subsequently joined Doyle Clayton as a partner in March 2021.

Employment Lawyers' Association

LSE, The London School of Economic and Political Science, BA Geography : Graduating in 2000 BPP Law School, GDL & LPC : Graduation 2007