Domonique advises both businesses and individuals on all aspects of contentious and non-contentious employment law issues at each stage of the employment life cycle. She is valued for her concise, commercial, “no nonsense” approach, across a broad range of different sectors.
Domonique’s experience is wide-ranging. She is regularly instructed to draft employment related contracts and policies, to provide advice and support in relation to employee relations issues (such as disciplinaries and grievances) as well as strategic advice related to complex legal issues such as restructuring exercises or the impact of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE) on mergers and acquisitions or tendered services.
She has also represented both Claimants and Respondents in complex claims and appeals in the Employment Tribunal, the Employment Appeal Tribunal and in the civil courts. Whether she is instructed in relation to employment or discrimination claims or in relation to contract disputes (including the enforcement of restrictive covenants), she provides clear, unwaivering advice both in relation to the legal issues and in regards to litigation strategy.
Domonique is recommended in The Legal 500 UK 2024.
- Assisted a large employer to implement a large scale restructuring and redundancy exercise which resulted in a number of dismissals.
- Secured undertakings in relation to a number of claims relating to the enforcement of post termination restrictive covenants.
- Represented a charity in relation to a claim brought against it for unfair dismissal, sex, race and pregnancy discrimination which was ultimately struck out and additionally obtained an award of costs against the Claimant on the basis that the claim had no reasonable prospects of success.
- Acted on behalf of a number of electricians in relation to contractual variations imposed following a TUPE transfer – Tabberer & Ors v Mears Ltd & Ors UKEAT/0064/17/JOJ.
- Successfully acted on behalf of eight individuals in claims for unfair and wrongful dismissal following a TUPE transfer and secured costs against the Respondent at first instance. The award of costs was challenged by the Respondent, the outcome of which was report in the Industrial Case Reports – Swissport Ltd v Exley [2017] ICR 1288 – and which was the first appellate authority on the impact of damages based agreements on the Employment Tribunal’s costs jurisdiction.
