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Will Clayton
JACQUI MCSWEENEY PHOTOGRAPHY<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

W<\/span><\/span>ill Clayton, a partner at Constantine Law, acted successfully for Adeline Willis, a senior risk and compliance officer, in a combined unfair dismissal and discrimination case arising from a disability claim. The Central London employment tribunal ruled that NatWest Group discriminated against her on the grounds that cancer is a disability under the Equality Act 2010, and unfairly dismissed her two days after her cancer surgery. She could receive more than \u00a32 million in damages.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

What were the biggest hurdles you had to overcome in this case?<\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>
<\/span>Disclosure \u2014 a prolonged drip-feed of highly relevant documents, well past the date set by the tribunal, with the most prejudicial documents surfacing just two days before the hearing.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>
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<\/span>What is the best decision you have taken as\u202fa lawyer?<\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>
<\/span>Choosing employment law. I cannot imagine doing anything else.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>
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<\/span>Who do you most admire in the law?<\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>
<\/span>Lady Justice <\/span>Simler<\/span>. I spent three days in front of her arguing a complex appeal on a transfer of undertaking protection of <\/span>employees<\/span> case when she was president of the employment appeal tribunal. So impressive.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>
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<\/span>What is the best advice you have received?<\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>
<\/span>No matter who you are talking to, or opposing, you will be more effective seeing things from their perspective.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>
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<\/span>What is the funniest thing that has happened in your job?<\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>
<\/span>Watching a judge turn red with embarrassment as he struggled to silence a loud ringtone on his new Apple Watch; he didn\u2019t have a clue how to turn it off. Moments earlier he had rebuked a witness for not putting their phone on silent.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>
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<\/span>What are the best and worst elements of being a lawyer?<\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>
<\/span>Worst: the struggle junior lawyers go through to get a foothold in larger law firms; they are held in perpetual paralegal mode. I was trusted to argue cases in court at 22, why not trust them? Best: the euphoria of winning.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>
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<\/span>What law would you enact?<\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>
<\/span>Compulsory salary transparency in large corporations. Equal pay laws are toothless on this. Keep it simple. Make employers be open about who gets paid what and why.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>
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<\/span>What is your favourite film?<\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>
<\/span>Nothing highbrow \u2014\u202f<\/span><\/span>Avengers: Endgame<\/span><\/span>. The Marvel Cinematic Universe kept our family smiling all through lockdown and we never tire of watching them.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1713,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"text-or-link":[18],"yoast_head":"\nLawyer of the week: Will Clayton, who won a combined unfair dismissal and discrimination case arising from a disability claim - Clayton Employment Law<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/claytonemploymentlaw.co.uk\/press\/lawyer-of-the-week-will-clayton-who-won-a-combined-unfair-dismissal-and-discrimination-case-arising-from-a-disability-claim\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lawyer of the week: Will Clayton, who won a combined unfair dismissal and discrimination case arising from a disability claim - Clayton Employment Law\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Will Clayton, a partner at Constantine Law, acted successfully for Adeline Willis, a senior risk and compliance officer, in a combined unfair dismissal and discrimination case arising from a disability claim. 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