Shabbir Lakha

Shabbir Lakha’s practice has been mainly in the fields of employment law and personal injury relating specifically to victims of child sexual abuse. In his most recent case, he represented a victim who obtained a Judgment for £425,000 and was reported in the National News media as a ground-breaking case for such victims.

Shabbir is regularly instructed on behalf of Local Authorities as well as private institutions. He has developed a considerable amount of experience in successfully dealing with very complex and sensitive cases.

Recently he has represented a Local Authority in a massive group action involving over 1,000 claimants as part of Equal Pay claims with several million pounds at stake.

After one of the long running complex race discrimination claims in which he was representing a Local Authority, with documentation running into a couple of thousand of pages, the Chairman of the Tribunal wrote to his then head of chambers commending his ‘encyclopaedic knowledge’ of the facts and the law and that he would have no hesitation in recommending Shabbir to any solicitor.

Shabbir has also undertaken Corporate-wide assessment for a Local Authority and subsequently provided written advice affecting over 400 employees who are on long-term sickness absence, including scrutiny of the policies in dealing with them in the context of DDA and potential unfair dismissal claims.

Shabbir is a registered public access practitioner.

Employment

Public Access