Amy Smith

Practice Areas

Amy is an established barrister of over 10 years' experience. Her calm manner gives her clients confidence, and her exceptional advocacy gives them great results. She combines a commercial understanding of the issues with a clear tactical intelligence to work hard in her clients’ best interests.

Prior to starting pupillage, Amy worked for the Law Commission specialising in consumer and insurance law. She has also represented clients for FRU and the Bar Pro Bono Unit. Amy set up and ran an employment law, pro bono advisory service. This experience gives her a rounded view of not only the issues faced but also the most practical ways to overcome them.

Amy specialises in employment law and has appeared in the Employment Tribunal, in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, representing claimants and respondents in final hearings, preliminary hearings and judicial mediations. She appears in lengthy multi-day hearings.

Amy has a particular interest in discrimination cases, mostly in sex and disability discrimination claims. She has also represented clients in employment cases in the County Court, with the result that she has experience of both Tribunal and County Court procedure.

Amy regularly advises on all aspects of employment litigation including appeals. Her experience is vast and includes:

• Unfair dismissal, including constructive dismissal;

• Discrimination;

• European law and its impact upon employment law;

• Protected disclosures;

• Redundancy;

• Trade union matters;

• TUPE;

• Deductions from wages;

• Working Time Regulations;

• Restrictive covenants;

• National minimum wage;

• Breach of contract.