Jasmine Patel

Senior associate solicitor

Jasmine Patel is a senior associate solicitor in the employment department.

Employment

Jasmine is a senior associate solicitor working in the firm’s employment and discrimination team and has over 10 years’ experience.

Her clients value her support, her legal expertise and clear advice, and her ability to find practical solutions. She achieves excellent results based on her appreciation of her clients’ objectives and what matters to them.

Legal expertise

She has a varied caseload, advising people working in a broad range of sectors including the civil service, the BBC and legal sectors. Her cases involve a wide range of issues including maternity and pregnancy discrimination, disability discrimination, sex and race discrimination, unfair dismissal, victimisation, and whistleblowing. She is experienced in all stages of litigation from commencement to settlement and she regularly settles cases for substantial compensation.

She is also regularly asked to advise on settlement agreements.

Jasmine has a particular interest in equal pay and has represented several BBC women with their equal pay claims. She also provides equal pay advice to individuals under the Fawcett Society’s Equal Pay Advice Service, a service Leigh Day undertakes in partnership with the Fawcett Society and made possible by Carrie Gracie.

Jasmine is a keen writer and serial blogger on employment related Hot Topics.

She also provides training on employment law to organisations including the Latin American Women’s Rights Service.

Accreditations

Patel, Jasmine

Blogs

Blog Post
COVID Closed Business Sign
Employment Coronavirus

Redundancy rights for workers losing their jobs as pandemic takes its toll on the economy

Jasmine Patel discusses the rights of workers facing redundancy as a result of economic difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Blog Post
Older Worried Woman
Employment

We need to talk about the menopause

Jasmine Patel discusses the need for employers to factor the menopause into their health and safety agenda.

News Article

Settlement for carer in legal action over national minimum wage

A home carer who took legal action after she wasn't paid for time spent travelling to see clients has settled her case against her ex-employer