Lucy is a senior associate in the employment law group. Her work experience includes time spent at leading London law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, and providing employment advice working in-house at a global investment bank.
She has extensive experience in employment law, including personal grievances, bonus and incentive issues, Holidays Act and parental leave issues, collective bargaining, agreements and policies, due diligence and transactional work, and health and safety matters.
Lucy regularly attends mediations and investigation meetings in the Employment Relations Authority, and hearings in the Employment Court.
Examples of Work
- Toll Consolidated (NZ) - challenge to Employment Relations Authority determination on personal grievance (Employment Court)
- University of Auckland - defence of dismissed lecturer's claim for unjustified dismissal and defeat of reinstatement claim
- Three Foot Six New Zealand - appeal to the Supreme Court on the definition of 'employee' under the Employment Relations Act
- NZ Transport Agency - secondment to assist with legal and human resources issues and projects
Other Credentials
- New Zealand Law Society (Wellington branch) - Employment Law Committee Member
- Human Resources Institute of New Zealand (HRINZ) - Member
