Camille advises and represents both claimants and respondents across the full spectrum of employment and discrimination law. She is regularly instructed in complex, multi-day hearings and has developed a growing appellate practice, having appeared as sole counsel in the Employment Appeal Tribunal.
Her clients include employers in the financial services, media, technology, retail and higher education sectors, as well as individuals supported by many of the leading trade unions, including the UCU, Unison, the BMA and the NEU.
Recent and current work
- Recent appearances in the EAT include successfully appealing a finding of direct race discrimination on behalf of an NHS Trust; overturning a finding that a GP had affirmed her contract; and successfully resisting an appeal against the Tribunal’s decision that the claimant was not a “contract worker” for the purposes of section 41 of the Equality Act 2010.
- During a secondment at an international law firm (December 2024-February 2025), Camille advised businesses and senior executives on employee competition and related matters.
- Represented members of Humberside Forces Covert Authorities Bureau, establishing that time spent on stand-by at home constitutes ‘working time’ under the Working Time Regulations.
- Successfully defended an NHS Trust against claims of whistleblowing and direct race discrimination, involving 15 allegations over an 8-year period.
- Represented a group of trade union members in a successful 145B TULRCA claim against London Ashford Airport.
- Advised on and drafted a claim involving serious allegations of sexual harassment by a junior teacher against her line-manager.
- Successfully defended a family run coffee shop in a multi-day pregnancy discrimination The Claimant was assisted by a Japanese interpreter.
- Successfully defended a well-known professional services firm in a high-value unlawful deduction from wages claim and secured a costs award against the Claimant.
- Successfully represented a group of Claimants in an unfair dismissal claim, establishing that their employment had ‘TUPE transferred’.
- Successfully represented a university employee in a multi-day disability discrimination hearing, securing approximately £70,000 in compensation.
