Amanda Robinson

Biography

Amanda's extensive Employment Tribunal experience includes claims for the following:

Unfair dismissal
Breach of contract
Age discrimination
Race discrimination
Religious discrimination
Sex discrimination
Pregnancy discrimination
Whistleblowing
Redundancy
Contractual disputes
Equal pay
TUPE

In addition to her ET practice, Amanda has also appeared in the Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) on numerous occasions, representing clients in appeal hearings. She also accepts instructions to advise and represent clients in relation to breach of contract and civil discrimination claims in the County Court. 

Amanda has represented clients in multi-claimant cases, including 20 claimants in one instance, and defending a pensions issue involving over 11,000 employees. Her work includes regulatory advice/compliance issues, and personal injury in the context of employment law. 

Professional Regulation

Amanda has many years' experience of advising and representing clients in relation to a wide range of professional regulatory proceedings before a number of different panels, with a focus on cases arising out of the healthcare sector. Amanda is most frequently instructed on cases before the General Medical Council (GMC) and the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) but she is happy to consider accepting instructions relating to proceedings before any professional regulatory body.

Background

Amanda attended both universities in Leeds, reading law, followed by a Masters in European Legal Studies under Professors John Bell and Jo Shaw in 1997. She then read Latin at Leeds, while she worked as a volunteer legal advisor for the Citizens Advice Bureau. Within months, Amanda was trained as the Employment Rights Officer, representing clients in tribunal proceedings. Her first court hearing was in the Employment Appeal Tribunal.

In 1999, Amanda attended BPP Law School in London achieving a VC and was called to the Bar at Gray's Inn in July 2000. She gained pupillage with J. Henry Trumpington at Staple Inn Chambers, where she undertook criminal, civil, and commercial work.  As a result of her legal experience, Amanda was given dispensation by the Bar Council and qualified early (8 months instead of the standard 12) and was immediately offered tenancy at 169 Temple Avenue, Chambers of the late Evan Ashfield, where she practised civil and commercial litigation, with an emphasis on insurance law and employment law.

Amanda joined Broadway House Chambers, as part of the Employment Team in Leeds, alongside undertaking commercial chancery work, for several years before returning to London. As part of that team she delivered seminars and training to solicitors and local authorities, which she continues to offer.

Following her return to London, Amanda set up her own Chambers alongside working with solicitors' firms and companies, during which she has continued to practice employment law and civil and commercial litigation, as well as providing private training and undertaking Pro Bono work.

In 2019 Amanda trained with the London School of Mediation and is an Accredited Mediator. She spends her spare time writing and has written several books including Brexit A2Z: Facts Not Fiction (designed for lay people), her articles appear regularly in the Yorkshire Bylines and she has co-authored several articles in the New Law Journal with David Wolchover.