Louise Chudleigh
UK Bar Guide 2024
Band 2 : Employment
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About
Provided by Louise Chudleigh
Practice Areas
Louise is an experienced senior junior. She is an expert in equal pay and is currently involved in various multi-party equal pay claims in the private and the public sectors. Her ongoing equal pay cases include Element & others v Tesco Store Ltd, reportedly one of the UK’s biggest equal pay challenges. Louise acts in complex discrimination and whistle-blowing claims, often against Leading Counsel. She appears in the Employment Tribunals, the High Court and in the appellate courts and has particular expertise in disputes involving dental/ medical practitioners and police officers. Notable Supreme Court cases include: BCC v Abdulla, an equal pay case and Chhabra v West London Mental Health NHS Trust, an appeal about the proposed disciplining of a doctor. She appeared in the Court of Appeal recently in Commissioner of the City of London Police v Geldart, a case about maternity rights. Louise is known to be a reliable and effective barrister, as well as a strong advocate and good tactician. She is an experienced mediator and has significant experience of conducting investigations including into difficult matters such as sexual assaults and fraud.
Career
Called to the Bar 1987 (England and Wales); Fee Paid Employment Judge (2001); Practicing mediator. ELBA, ELA.
Professional Memberships
ELBA, ELA.