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:

• Ms B Subrian v Gilbert Colvin Primary School judgment
• Unfair Dismissal – Aysha has successfully defended cases involving gross misconduct dismissals, for large and small businesses. Sainsburys, BAA and Heathrow Airport include some of her clients. These cases often involve complications like breach of confidentiality and restrictive covenants or serious breaches of social media policies.
• Redundancy – Aysha is currently involved in two redundancy Class actions. One on behalf of Unite and the other on behalf of a large Respondent employer.
• Whistle-blowing – Three prominent whistle blowing cases that Aysha has won in recent years are (Dr Leary-Ohwin v London Southbank University 2300282/2020), (Mr Francis Austin and Ms M Newton v Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea: 2203871/2020 and 2203899/2020), (Mr D.Oliver v Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd. 2205749/2022)
• Contract Disputes – Aysha advises on contractual disputes that arise out of employment contracts, settlement agreements, her commercial law background is advantageous. 
  Constructive Dismissal – Aysha regularly advises firms on strategy on handling resignations and the timing of them vis a vis CUD claims.
• Harassment and Victimisation – Aysha has successfully represented many Claimant’s bringing claims of discrimination and resulting victimisation. (see Miss Munro v The Cooperative Group Ltd.3200668/2016)

Her Discrimination practice is varied and complex:

• Sex and Race discrimination claims which are difficult and require skilful cross examination to expose discriminatory mind sets and conduct or the absence of them are Aysha’s forte. See O Leary Ohwin where she successfully defended a race discrimination claim brought against a University by a tenured black professor. She got findings that complaints were made in bad faith.
• Disability discrimination – Aysha is currently advising on a complex ADHD claim against a hedge fund and a Local Authority on a complex failure to make reasonable adjustments claim. Aysha regularly advises employers on strategy surrounding whether and when to make concessions on disability status and long-term sickness absence management. Her experience includes cases involving mental health conditions that are likely to result in multiple appeals, reconsideration applications, EAT appeals and Court of Appeal. See Ms A. Eke v London Borough of Tower Hamlets: 3202100/2019.
• Pregnancy and Maternity discrimination – Recently finished a multi-day pregnancy and maternity discrimination claim against an NHS Trust.
• Age discrimination – Currently litigating an age discrimination claim brought against an employer for failure to progress in one’s career.

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.