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Overview
Domonique is a London-based Legal Director in the Employment team, advising businesses and individuals on all aspects of contentious and non-contentious employment law. She is recognised for her concise, commercial and pragmatic approach, supporting clients across a wide range of sectors and throughout the employment lifecycle. Domonique regularly advises on employee relations issues, business restructurings, TUPE transfers, employment disputes and strategic workplace matters. She also has extensive experience representing Claimants and Respondents before the Employment Tribunal, Employment Appeal Tribunal and Civil Courts, providing clear and decisive advice on both legal and commercial risk. Languages: English, Spanish (Intermediate)
Expertise
Domonique specialises in:
- Employment law advice for employers and senior executives
- Employment Tribunal, Employment Appeal Tribunal and other appellate litigation
- Employee relations matters, including disciplinary and grievance procedures
- Drafting employment contracts, policies and workplace documentation
- Business restructurings and redundancy exercises
- TUPE advice in relation to mergers, acquisitions and outsourced services
- Discrimination, unfair dismissal and whistleblowing claims
- Restrictive covenants and post-termination obligations
- Contract disputes and employment-related litigation in the Civil Courts, including prohibitory and other injunctions
- Strategic employment law advice across the full employment lifecycle
- Advising clients on workplace risk management and compliance
Work Highlights
- Assisted a large employer with the implementation of a significant restructuring and redundancy programme, resulting in multiple dismissals.
- Secured undertakings in claims involving the enforcement of post-termination restrictive covenants.
- Advised a number of football clubs in respect of employment related matters including restructuring and redundancy exercises, high profile exits and claims brought with the Employment Tribunal.
- Successfully represented a charity defending claims for unfair dismissal, sex discrimination, race discrimination and pregnancy discrimination, securing strike-out of the claims and a costs award against the Claimant.
- Acted for a group of electricians in Tabberer & Ors v Mears Ltd & Ors UKEAT/0064/17/JOJ, relating to contractual variations imposed following a TUPE transfer.
- Successfully represented eight individuals in unfair and wrongful dismissal claims following a TUPE transfer, leading to the reported decision Swissport Ltd v Exley [2017] ICR 1288, the first appellate authority addressing the impact of damages-based agreements on the Employment Tribunal costs jurisdiction.
Qualifications & Accreditations
Domonique is a Legal Director in the Employment team with extensive experience advising employers, businesses and senior executives on complex employment law matters. She is recognised by leading legal directories for her expertise in employment litigation, workplace advisory work and strategic employment law issues.
Awards & Accolades
- Chambers UK 2026 – Ranked as an “Associate to Watch” for Employment: Employer.
- Legal 500 UK 2026 – Ranked as a “Leading Associate” for Employment: Senior Executives.
- Legal 500 UK 2026 – Recognised as a “Recommended Key Lawyer” for both Employment: Employers and Employment: Senior Executives.
- Chambers UK 2025 – Ranked as an “Associate to Watch” for Employment: Employer.
Legal 500 UK 2024 – Recommended for Employment.
