London Bar
Professional disciplinary and regulatory law
LEADING JUNIORS3Sue Sleeman –Doughty Street Chambers ‘Sue is amazing with clients – dedicated and caring. A skilled advocate who is a delight to instruct.'
Sue Sleeman
Employment, discrimination and equality lawprofessional discipline and regulation, Doughty Street Chambers
- Phone020 7404 1313
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Work Department
Employment, Discrimination and Equality Law
Professional Discipline and Regulation
Position
Sue has a mixed civil practice covering employment and professional disciplinary/regulatory law.
Her practice is predominantly for Claimants in employment cases, and exclusively on behalf of professionals who face proceedings brought by their regulatory body. She is ranked in Chambers and Partners and Legal 500 as a leading barrister for professional discipline cases.
She is described as “extremely impressive in her determination to fight her client's corner with great resolve. She is pragmatic, familiar with the jurisdiction, intelligent, and someone who offers realistic points and puts forward her case very attractively." Her clients include teachers, police officers, nurses, pharmacists, other healthcare professionals and more.
Sue is author of the chapter on the Health and Care Professions Council in Professional Discipline and Healthcare Regulators: a Legal Handbook. She is on the Legal Members Panel of the Association of Child Psychotherapists and a member of the Association of Disciplinary and Regulatory Lawyers, the Employment Law Bar Association, the Employment Lawyers Association and the Discrimination Law Association.
Education
Glebelands CSS and Godalming 6th form college; Goldsmith’s College (1982, BA Hon, French); University of London (MSc industrial relations); LSE (1994, personnel management).