Liana Wood
Partner
Liana Wood is a partner in the employment department.
Liana is a partner in the employment department; she is an experienced litigator in the Tribunal and High Court as well as the EAT.
Liana acts in a wide range of work-place disputes and discrimination claims including those involving victimisation, harassment, whistleblowing, equal pay and discrimination in goods and services. She is just as comfortable acting on behalf of large groups of workers in multi-party claims as being instructed by individuals in complex lengthy litigation.
Legal expertise
Liana has particular expertise in modern slavery and trafficking cases and has experience of assisting victims obtain compensation from their employers and / or traffickers. Liana is also knowledgeable about the wider types of issues faced by victims following this kind of exploitation, including housing and immigration matters, which is central to her approach in representing individuals in their claims for compensation.
Liana has a degree in Social and Political Sciences from the University of Cambridge. Prior to joining Leigh Day, Liana worked in Palestine and Pakistan. At the Justice Project Pakistan, Liana assisted in cases involving individuals on death row, torture victims and individuals detained in Afghanistan. Liana also worked at a Law Centre and assisted victims of gender based violence with housing and immigration law matters.
Liana Wood in the news
- Royal Mail sued by delivery drivers in ‘Uber-style’ gig economy legal case Guardian 25.2.24
- Addison Lee settles with drivers to end long running Workers’ Rights clash Taxi Point 23.2.24
- Tribunal clarifies employment status of Addison Lee drivers LexisNexis PSL 29.9.17
Accreditations
Blogs
Gig economy claim launched on behalf of Royal Mail-operated eCourier drivers over workers’ rights
Drivers working for eCourier have launched a group legal claim arguing that they have been unlawfully denied workers’ rights by being misclassified as self-employed independent contractors.
Midwife referred to the NMC and Prevent over her online support for Palestinians challenges Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in the Employment Tribunal
Midwife Fatimah Mohamied is bringing a claim in the Employment Tribunal against Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (CWHT) after her former employers referred her to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) and lodged a Prevent referral with the Metropolitan Police a year after she had resigned her post.
Barts Health NHS Trust employees challenge “discriminatory” uniform policy silencing Palestinian support
Three NHS workers have launched legal action against Barts Health NHS Trust arguing that its new uniform and dress code policy unlawfully discriminates against them because of their pro-Palestinian and anti-Zionist beliefs.