Louise leads and manages the employment department, which is currently the largest employment law practice in Northern Ireland.
With over 18 years’ experience in employment law, Louise’s knowledge and attention to detail provide an innovative approach that her clients appreciate in relation to complex areas of Public Interest Disclosure, Equal Pay, Discrimination and Unfair Dismissal. She works closely with employers across the public, private and third sectors and regularly advises on restructuring issues including individual and collective redundancies and the application and implication of TUPE. Louise has a detailed understanding of her clients’ needs and is known for her constructive and pragmatic advice on internal employment issues and providing advice and representation in defence of all categories of employment claims before the tribunals and civil courts.
The EAT dismissed the appeal holding that the ET had been right to conclude that the Claimant had not been treated less favourably than others in an analogous situation and that external job applicant did not constitute ‘some other status’ for the purposes of Article 14.
Ms Sullivan had applied for two different financial positions with the council in 2019. She was unsuccessful in securing either position.
In 2020, Ms Sullivan filed an online crime report to the Police alleging, among other things, that an employee of the council had referred to her as ‘mentally insane’ during an interview process. She also alleged that a charitable trust, which she stated was a dormant company, had been taking revenue
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