Employment: employee/union firms

Leigh Day

Client Satisfaction

Praised as a ‘national leader in claimant work’, the Manchester-based group at Leigh Day boasts unique experience in equal pay matters. The team’s expertise spans across a broad range of employment issues, with particular emphasis on sex and disability discrimination, worker status law, holiday pay, and advising senior executives on exit arrangements, as well as matters involving unions and industrial rights. Lauren Lougheed is particularly skilled in group litigation and equal pay mandates, and Linda Wong is also ’exceptional in her knowledge and experience of equal pay work’, as well being experienced in matters involving sexual harassment, discrimination, and whistleblowing. The department also includes Mike Cain, whose ‘knowledge of the senior executive market is unbeaten'. He is also a seasoned expert in trade union and employee work in the industrial sectors, and Ryan Bradshaw specialises in the interdisciplinary crossover between human rights and employment law.

Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Testimonials

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‘Leigh Day is a national leader in claimant work, both in group claims and in individual claims. It fights cases that others may not. It responsible for cutting-edge cases.’
‘Leigh Day has an almost unique client base for employees within the sector. The mixture of group litigation based out of London, union work across both main offices and high-net-worth clients in Manchester is rare in other firms and brings together expertise from areas that do not often work together elsewhere.’
'Mike Cain is fanatic. His knowledge of the senior executive market is unbeaten. He sees any legal case as a team exercise and demands buy-in from counsel to that ethic to get results.'
‘Mike Cain has been exceptional from the moment we started working together. His pragmatic and direct approach to getting to the crux of complex legal issues coupled with his outstanding communications skills inspires confidence at every turn. He's genuinely passionate about his area of expertise and cares about his clients as people first and foremost, which I think is essential in the field of employment law.’
‘Ryan Bradshaw is an employment whisperer. He’s an extraordinarily brilliant lawyer.’
‘Linda Wong is exceptional in her knowledge and experience of equal pay work.’
‘Linda Wong and Lauren Lougheed are the driving force behind the Manchester office. They have an absolute commitment to their clients and their cases.’
'Leigh Day are known for acting for high-profile claimants in public interest cases. In my view, they’re the leading claimant firm.'

Work highlights

Acted for over 55,000 supermarket workers in their equal pay claims against Asda (ASDA Stores Ltd v Brierley & others).
Representing over 11,500 supermarket workers in Ahmed & others v Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Limited regarding their equal pay claims arising from sex discrimination.
Acted for the clients in a group claim against the Ministry of Defence under the Auspices of the Equality Act 2010 regarding the Housing Allowance Policy framework across all of the armed forces.