Choy Lau

Senior Associate

Employment Law
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Expertise

Choy advises businesses and individuals on all aspects of employment law. Her clients cover a range of sectors including Legal Services, TMT, Health Services, Marketing, Manufacturing and Hospitality.

She is valued by her clients for being a strategic thinker and creative problem solver, with the ability to distil complex legal concepts into plain English and offer clear achievable strategies.

Her practice is a mix of contentious and non-contentious work, representing both Claimants and Respondents in the Employment Tribunal.

She advises on a full range of employment law matters including, unfair dismissal, discrimination, whistleblowing, grievances and disciplinaries, redundancy, restructuring and recruitment, TUPE and works on employment aspects of corporate transactions.

Recent Experience

  • Advised on COVID-19 related issues including drafting furlough agreements, return to work measures and consultation.
  • Advised a company in relation to changing terms and conditions of employment for shift workers, including collective consultation obligations.
  • Represented a Managing Director in respect of claims for unfair dismissal and race discrimination.
  • Advised a company on TUPE obligations in a business acquisition.
  • Reviewing and updating employment documentation for a company.
  • Advised a company in relation to collective consultation for mass redundancies and redeployment arrangements.

Career History

Choy joined the firm in June 2021. She trained at a Legal 500 national firm and qualified as a solicitor in 2008. She is a member of the Employment Lawyers Association.

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Prevention is better than cure: Employer’s duty to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace

The current position Under the Equality Act 2010 (EqA 2010), sexual harassment occurs where an individual engages in unwanted conduct of a sexual nature and the conduct has the purposeRead more

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Wedlake Bell Advises on Sale of CBW to Gravita and the Corresponding Pre-Sale Reorganisation of CBW Group

Wedlake Bell has advised the members of chartered accountancy firm Carter Backer Winter (“CBW“) on its sale to Gravita, a portfolio company of European tech investor Tenzing. The sale means thatRead more

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Wedlake Bell Advises MSUK on Pre-Pack Acquisition of TV and Film Production Business

Wedlake Bell has advised MS by Joann Sfar UK Limited (“MSUK“) on its acquisition of the independent TV and film production business and assets of Filmwave Limited (in administration). WedlakeRead more

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Off the record conversations – reliance on the without prejudice rule and section 111A ERA – what are the limits?

It is often in the interests of the parties to any dispute to settle the matter quickly and amicably. Litigation, being expensive and time consuming, is generally seen as aRead more

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Guidance for Employers – time off on bank holidays

The last time we wrote about the right to take time off on bank holidays, it was in more jubilant times – the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee seems a long timeRead more

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Banter – Just jokes or discrimination?

Yorkshire County Cricket Club (YCC) has recently been in the press after it passed off racial slurs made against one of its players as “in the spirit of friendly banter”.Read more

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Home Is Where the Workplace Is

On 19 July 2021, the government removed guidance that recommended that workers based in England should continue to work from home where they can. For some, a return to theRead more

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The ongoing debate over worker status

“The employment status of gig economy workers has been a hot topic in employment law, culminating in the Supreme Court’s decision last year in Uber v Aslam. In that landmark case,Read more

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Returning to Work Post-Covid Restrictions

“Freedom Day” (the full lifting of all coronavirus restrictions in England) has been postponed until at least the 19 July 2021. If there is one thing that this pandemic hasRead more

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Private: Data protection considerations for the hybrid environment – CIR Magazine

Partner Alexander Dittel and Senior Associate Choy Lau have written an article addressing the data protection risks involved with hybrid working, in the November-December issue of CIR Magazine. Subscribers canRead more

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The Gender Pay Gap – Common pitfalls for employers

This article has been written jointly between Wedlake Bell and Spktral, a specialist organisation which focuses on pay gap analysis, specifically gender, ethnicity, sexuality and disability. What is the genderRead more