Sheryn Omeri KC

Practice Areas

Employment Law, Administrative & Public Law, Public International Law, Personal Injury.

Career

Sheryn Omeri KC has an outstanding international practice, advising and appearing in cases in the UK and Australia. Sheryn also advises on international criminal law, having previously worked at the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. In her employment practice, Sheryn is instructed by employers and employees in the UK and Australia. Sheryn was junior counsel for the lead Claimant Uber drivers in the seminal gig economy employment status case of Aslam v Uber BV. She was then leading counsel in the remedy proceedings, having taken silk at just 12 years' call. Simultaneously, Sheryn was instructed on behalf of 2000 claimants who commenced employment status proceedings against Bolt. Sheryn presently appears for Australian Uber drivers in similar employment status proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia. Sheryn appeared in High Court proceedings on behalf of the defendant Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers in proceedings establishing that no duty of care is owed by trades unions to individual members in the context of collective bargaining. In her Australian employment practice, Sheryn acts for internationally-renowned Australian-British pianist, Jayson Gillham who was cancelled by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra after having expressed support for Palestinian journalists, and for a group of former employees of the prominent Swillhouse hospitality group subjected to a culture of extensive sexual and other harassment while working at its venues around Sydney.

Professional Memberships

Constitutional and Administrative Bar Association (ALBA)

Employment Lawyers Association (ELA)

Publications

ELA Briefing