A Practical Guide to Valuing Employment Discrimination Claims
Published 5 September 2023
A comprehensive guide on how to value discrimination claims in the Employment Tribunal. Published annually this user friendly guide is an ideal point of reference for lawyers and HR professionals alike.
Written in partnership with Chelsea Brooke-Ward, A Practical Guide to Valuing Employment Discrimination Claims is designed to help employment lawyers and HR professionals confidently value discrimination claims in the Employment Tribunal.
Published annually, it’s a practical, easy-to-use reference guide that brings together more than 160 case summaries covering the main types of prohibited conduct, from age discrimination to racial harassment. Alongside valuation precedents, we’ve included practical guidance on using case law effectively, relevant legislation, checklists and strategies to help you achieve the best possible outcomes for your clients.
Whether you’re experienced in employment law or just starting out, I wanted this book to be a resource you can reach for time and time again.
Thriving at Life
Published 22 November 2022
Thriving at Life is an interactive well-being journal dedicated to helping you understand the importance of self-care, gratitude, sleep, healthy habits and much more!
Thriving at Life is a wellbeing journal that came from my own experiences of looking after my mental health while navigating life with ADHD. After trying countless wellbeing journals, I realised none of them quite reflected what I needed, so I decided to create one that did.
The first part of the journal explores the foundations of wellbeing, including sleep, self-care, gratitude and building healthy habits. These are the things I believe make the biggest difference when it comes to looking after your mental health and creating lasting change.
The second half is your space to make the journal your own. With 12 weeks of guided check-ins, reflections, prompts and practical exercises, you can work through it at your own pace and in whatever order feels right for you. Each week encourages you to reflect on different areas of your life, helping you make small, meaningful changes that support your wellbeing.
It doesn’t matter whether you’ve never picked up a journal before or you’ve been journalling for years. The most important step is simply getting started.
Writing has given me another way to share what I’ve learned throughout my career and my own personal journey. Whether I’m writing about employment law or mental health and wellbeing, my aim is always the same: to create practical, accessible resources that genuinely help people.
Nick Denys
Policy Advisor
The Law Society
A clear and straightforward guide as to how to approach equality-based claims is invaluable. People will often know that something wrong has happened, but will not have the first idea as to how that wrong looks when you put it against the law. [A Practical Guide to Valuing Employment Discrimination Claims] helps people understand how the law relates to their circumstances. It breaks down the intimidating process of making a claim and offers valuable tips as to how to approach lawyerly matters.
Matthew Sellwood
Barrister
Devereux Chambers
Jodie Hill and Chelsea Brook-Ward have produced an extremely helpful guide to the valuation of discrimination claims, which will be useful to Claimants and Respondents alike. In a field of law which can be opaque, [A Practical Guide to Valuing Employment Discrimination Claims] contains a significant number of valuation precedents, as well as sage guidance about how to calculate, present and evidence all of the heads of loss which might arise in a claim. A must-read for anyone embarking on employment litigation.
Ashfin Bemani
Senior Legal Officer
Royal College of Nursing
[A Practical Guide to Valuing Employment Discrimination Claims] is a valuable resource for understanding and assessing remedies in discrimination claims, in particular injury to feelings. It is especially a useful toolkit for Claimants’ representatives and litigants in person when calculating compensation or engaged in settlement negotiations.
Read Jodie’s book recommendations across mental health, neurodiversity and more.
