Sheila ranked as a leading junior in the Legal 500
Sheila has been ranked in the Legal 500 as a one of the leading juniors in England and Wales in Employment Law. They are quoted as saying: 'Sheila is unflappable in court. A robust cross-examiner who is very quick at thinking on her feet.' The full list of rankings can be accessed here:
Macken Exposes Continuing Bonus Discrimination
Stacey was back in court last month for a preliminary hearing related to her new claim, which amongst other things details her whistleblowing complaints in relation to an internal email which some of her witnesses have seen, asking that female bonuses within the bank were cut and redistributed to male employees. Bloomberg attended the hearing that day and writes about it all here
Lawrence v Barclays Bank Plc
Sheila represented Nazia Lawrence in her sex, race and religious discrimination claim against Barclays, in which resulted in a partial win for Nazia in relation to her boss' assumption that she no longer wished to be promoted due to her family commitments, which was found to be a sexual stereotype. A minority Judge also found that there were racial motivations for not promoting Nazia. Notwithstanding the majority not agreeing with this, the Judges were highly critical of practices that were uncovered in relation to the transparency of promotion and commended Nazia for her courage in bringing these matters to the Tribunal so that lessons could be learned in relation to internal issues that were in desperate need of change. The full liability judgement is available here The matter was also reported in the press, where Sheila's closing is quoted in Reuters and she is quoted in a second Reuters article and The Times (print version article on 22 August 2024). The matter was also written about in the Daily Mail.
Sam Walker v Co Op
Law360 have reported Sheila's involvement in Sam's case to have lead to an increase in the value of Sam's claim by up to £2million The article is available here
Rajput v Commerzbank
Sheila briefly acted on the well publicised Rajput v Commerzbank through her previous partnership Aly & Hulme Associates, until the dissolution of the partnership in spring 2022.
Sam Walker v Co-Op
Sheila has been representing Sam for the remedy aspects of her case, which have yet to be determined. Sam appeared alongside Sheila in "Its Raining Women" and having been impressed by Sheila's performance in other matters, retained her as Counsel in her own case.
Edebi v Canary Wharf Management
Sheila represented the Claimant in this case at both tribunal and the Employment Appeal Tribunal.
Kaur v Sun Mark Ltd and Others
Sheila represented the Claimant at her liability hearing, which she won on behalf of the Claimant.
Dehais v BNP Paribas
Sheila represented Xavier in his unfair dismissal claim against BNP Paribas, which they won.
Ramos v The Post Office
Sheila represented Walacy in his unfair dismissal claim against the Post Office, which they won.
Its Raining Women (Lasikatto)
Its Raining Women is a feature length documentary featuring one of Sheila's cases - Rebecca Burke v Talk Talk.
Stacey Macken v BNP Paribas
Stacey Macken remains one of the largest tribunal awards ever made by an Employment Tribunal and is one of the most well publicised equal pay cases of recent times.
