Karen has extensive experience of employment law, having begun her working life at the Disability Policy Division of the DfEE, the department responsible for the implementation of the Disability Rights Commission and the then Disability Discrimination Act 1995. Her interest in discrimination law was what led her to the Bar and her specialist practice in employment law. 
 
Karen is adept at managing complex cases and she conducts cases for both Claimants and Respondents with an emphasis on discrimination law. She has experience in Whistleblowing and TUPE and is particularly interested in protected disclosures relating to discrimination.
 
Recently, Karen successfully represented the Respondent in a complex Disability Discrimination case involving multi-billion pound project management within the public sector in Michael Carruthers v Transport for London and E Norman. 

Karen was also successful recently in representing the Claimant in a disability and pregnancy discrimination case in which her client, a care home worker, was put on statutory sick pay indefinitely even though fit for work with adjustments.
 
In 2010, before her career break, she successfully appealed to the Employment Appeal Tribunal on the issue of harassment on the grounds of race and the burden of proof on behalf of the Metropolitan Police: Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis v Osinaike (2010) UKEAT/0373/09. 
 
She also successfully ran a complex claim against American Airlines in which the Claimant was found to have been indirectly discriminated against on the grounds of sex because of timetabling at an airline check-in desk. 
 
Karen’s pupillage was at the Chancery Bar; during her hiatus from the Bar, Karen taught law and found her interest in contract law especially was undiminished. She is experienced in contract and business disputes and is happy to take on cases in those areas.