Cecily White

Call 2011

Overview

Cecily conducts multi-day trials and preliminary hearings in the Employment Tribunal. She has broad experience of procedural applications, witness handling, advice and representation.

Employment

Solicitors’ Journal Rising Star award-winner 2016 (Highly Commended)

No duty of care owed by employer to employees in the conduct of civil litigation: Read Cecily’s article on our UK Police law Blog here

experience & expertise

Cecily has acted in a wide range of employment disputes including unfair dismissal (conduct, redundancy), discrimination (age, race, sex), victimisation, harassment and TUPE claims in cases involving private companies and public authorities.  Cecily previously worked at the European Court of Human Rights on admissibility decisions including a challenge to the time limit for submitting an appeal to the Employment Appeal Tribunal.

Recent work has included a week-long trial involving allegations of race discrimination at a London start-up; advising on quantum evidence in a claim against the Home Office; and settling an age discrimination claim against a local authority for a considerable sum after succeeding on liability.