Employment and Discrimination.

Grace Nicholls is an employment specialist with a national practice in all areas of the field.

She has been ranked as a Rising Star in Legal 500 and Up and Coming Barrister in Chambers and Partners 2023.

Before coming to the Bar, she gained extensive experience in Employment Law working for almost two years in the London offices of a prestigious employment team and a second notable law firm. She worked within small teams with partners and senior associates servicing clients including FTSE 100 companies, hedge funds and international insurance companies.

Grace Nicholls acts for Claimants and Respondents and accepts instructions in all areas of employment law.

She has appeared in tribunals (at preliminary and final hearings) nationally involving issues such as unfair dismissal (including constructive unfair dismissal), TUPE claims (including failure to inform and consult), discrimination (including direct and indirect discrimination, discrimination arising from disability, failure to make reasonable adjustments, harassment, victimisation and equal pay), unlawful deductions from wages, commission issues, redundancy, whistleblowing and substantive jurisdictional issues. Grace's practice also includes High Court injunctive work including issues concerning restrictive covenants.

She has been instructed by a wide range of clients, ranging from individuals to local authorities, recruitment agencies, and companies in the leisure, hospitality, tourism, retail and pharmaceutical industries. She also has experience acting for charitable organisations.

She has a busy practice drafting pleadings and providing written advice at various stages of litigation on a range of issues including advice on prospects and quantum. She also has experience drafting Notices of Appeal to the EAT.

Grace also has an appellate practice and enjoyed recent success in the Employment Appeals Tribunal.

Grace acted in cases involving the following allegations:

2023 

C v B [2023] Successfully represented the Respondent in a 1-day unfair dismissal claim.

H v B [2023] Successfully represented the Respondent in a 4-day whistleblowing claim.

M v P [2023] Successfully represented the Respondent in a 4-day race discrimination claim.

M v LL [2023] Successfully represented the Respondent in a 1-day unfair dismissal claim.

S v S [2023] Successfully represented the Claimant in a 5-day constructive dismissal claim.

B v P [2023] Successfully represented the Respondent in a 3-day unfair dismissal claim.

D v E [2023] Successfully represented the Respondent in a 2-day unfair dismissal claim.

2022

K v GG and ors [2022] Successfully represented the Respondent in a 4-day unfair dismissal claim.

D v FC [2022] Successfully represented the Respondent in a 4-day disability discrimination and unfair dismissal claim.

C v AI [2022] Successfully represented the Respondent in a 5-day unfair dismissal claim.

O v NT [2022] Successfully represented the Respondent in a 3-day whistleblowing, constructive dismissal and victimisation claim.

J v NT [2022] Successfully represented the Respondent in a 2-day unfair dismissal claim.

N v WF [2022] Successfully represented the Respondent in a 2-day race/religious belief discrimination claim.

S v ML [2022] Successfully represented the Claimant in a 3-day unfair dismissal/redundancy claim.

W v FRC [2022] Successfully represented the Claimant in a 3-day unfair dismissal/redundancy claim.

2021

M and ors v WW and ors [2021] Successfully represented the Respondent in a 2-day claim on employer identity.

S v DL [2021] Successfully represented the Respondent in a 4-day disability discrimination and unfair dismissal claim.

L v ML [2021] Successfully represented the Respondent in a 1-day unfair dismissal claim.

L v SVM [2021] Successfully represented the Claimant in a 2-day wrongful dismissal claim.

P v AUL [2021] Successfully represented the Respondent in a 3-day disability discrimination claim.

H v WSM [2021] Successfully represented the Respondent in a 1-day claim involving substantive time issues.

S v KE [2021] Successfully represented the Respondent in a 5-day constructive dismissal claim.

F v SBM [2021] Successfully represented the Respondent in a 3-day sex, race and sexual orientation discrimination claim.

C v MC [2021] Successfully represented the Respondent in a 1-day unfair dismissal claim.

F v SS [2021] Successfully represented the Claimant in a 1-day wrongful dismissal claim.

A v A [2021] Successfully represented the Respondent in a 6-day whistleblowing claim.

2020

H v ABS [2020] Successfully represented the Respondent in an unfair dismissal claim.

H v PCL [2020] Successfully represented the Claimant in a health and safety dismissal and breach of contract claim.

A v DL [2020] Successfully represented the Respondent in an unfair dismissal claim.

C v JT [2020] Successfully represented the Respondent in a disability discrimination claim.

M v SC [2020] Successfully represented the Respondent in a whistleblowing and ordinary unfair dismissal claim.

Year of call 2015