
LSE Legal Advice Clinic
The members of 42BR's Employment Team are delighted to be supporting the LSE Legal Advice Clinic, in partnership with LSE Law School & gunnercooke.
Published: 8th Apr 2025
Aysha, has a wealth of experience in all aspects of employment and discrimination litigation. She advises on pre and post contract negotiations, her strategic, measured and commercially astute advice is welcomed by her clients: both individuals and commercial organisations. She has won high profile and complex Whistle blowing claims, for large employers, like Universities, Local Authorities and Network Rail Infrastructure. She has successfully represented Claimants bringing discrimination and victimization claims against large employers as well. She regularly deals with difficult disability discrimination claims for both claimants and respondents. Respondent clients have included Amazon, Banks, Supermarkets, NHS Trusts, numerous Local Authorities. She is also involved in large Class actions involving mass redundancies, unfair dismissal and discrimination. Her recent 2024 Legal 500 entry is echoed by her clients, ‘she fights her cases’. She puts the clients interests first, whether a case requires skillful negotiation or skillful cross examination.
Solicitors like her collaborative ‘roll your sleeves up’ approach. Clients regularly say they would rather have Aysha on their team than on the other sides. One of the largest cost awards she obtained on behalf of a client was for £174,141. (See Dr Leary-Ohwin v London South Bank University 2300282/2020- Costs)
Aysha’s clients value her approachability and sound commercial sense. Her experience as an advocate is underpinned by her former role as a Legal Assistant to the House of Lords.
Recent cases
Her employment law practice covers the full range of employment law disputes including the following areas:
Her Discrimination practice is varied and complex:
Aysha is accredited to undertake public access work and is trained in the handling of vulnerable witnesses. This is invaluable when conducting complex and sensitive disability discrimination and harassment on grounds of sex claims.
The members of 42BR's Employment Team are delighted to be supporting the LSE Legal Advice Clinic, in partnership with LSE Law School & gunnercooke.
Published: 8th Apr 2025
Aysha Ahmad successfully defended the schools decision to dismiss the claimant on ground of gross misconduct.
Published: 25th Feb 2025
Members of the Employment Team will take a look at some of the changes to the way we work caused by the Pandemic.
Published: 17th Nov 2021
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