Sophie has experience in a range of advisory and litigious employment law matters for public and private sector clients. Sophie enjoys working closely with clients to manage large-scale projects, using innovation and technology to deliver pragmatic outcomes.
Experience
Sophie has experience in a range of advisory and litigious employment law matters for public and private sector clients. Sophie enjoys working closely with clients to manage large-scale projects, using innovation and technology to deliver pragmatic outcomes.
Sophie's areas of expertise include:
- unfair dismissal and adverse action;
- breach of contract;
- post-employment restraints of trade;
- bullying, harassment, victimisation and anti-discrimination;
- industrial relations disputes and enterprise bargaining; and
- occupational health and safety.
Career highlights
Sophie's career highlights include:
- advising and assisting a tertiary institution to automate its employment contracts;
- conducting large-scale audits of a national employer's compliance with workplace legislation and regulations;
- delivering live and interactive online training nationally, for a national employer;
- assisting a large health care provider to successfully defend an unfair dismissal dispute in the Fair Work Commission;
- assisting a state emergency services organisation in litigation in the Supreme Court of Victoria;
- assisting a national retailer litigate a former employee's breach of contract in the Supreme Court of Victoria;
- advising on the status of independent contractors and employees at a large tertiary institution and a boutique consultancy firm;
- appearing in the Magistrates' Court of Victoria in occupational health and safety prosecutions and an environmental protection prosecution; and
- a secondment as Legal Counsel with one of Australia's largest employers.