Old Square Chambers

Employment law.

Ijeoma provides strategic advice in connection with all aspects of the management, litigation and resolution of complex employment, discrimination and trade union claims. Ijeoma advises and represents Claimants, Respondents/Defendants and Trades Unions. Ijeoma has significant experience of complex TUPE, wages and whistle-blowing matters, industrial action and High Court litigation in relation to bonus claims, restrictive covenants, alleged breaches of duty and wrongful dismissal. Her discrimination expertise covers the whole range of protected characteristics and causes of action at first instance and appellate levels. She is an experienced litigator of individual and multi-Claimant public and private sector equal pay claims. Her recent work has included acting for both Claimants and Respondents in High Court restrictive covenant proceedings; a number of  high profile whistle-blowing claims; advising and acting for senior professionals in race, disability, age, sex, pregnancy and maternity discrimination complaints. She is currently instructed in the first Shared Parental Leave case to be considered by the Court of Appeal. Ijeoma is also an experienced and accredited mediator.

Called in 1989 Elected Bencher of Grays Inn 2014 Appointed Vice Chair of CPD Grays Inn 2015.

Justice, ELBA, ILS, DLA. CEDR Exchange, CMC

Cambridge University (BA Hons; M Phil).