Employment & Equality

Shaheen has acted for Claimants and Defendants in discrimination claims under the Equality Act and HRA and challenges invoking the public sector equality duty. She also represents healthcare professionals at internal disciplinary hearings and in MHPS proceedings with associated applications for injunctive relief.

Listen to Shaheen analyse Samira Ahmed’s decisive Employment Tribunal victory regarding pay discrimination on Law Pod UK here.

Selected Cases

  • Chair of Birthrights Inquiry on Racial Injustice in UK Maternity Services [2020-2022].
  • Advised on positive action for large employer [2021].
  • H v SSHD [2017-19]: For prisoner alleging discrimination in arrangements made for Muslim prisoners during Ramadan, case settled.
  • North Tyneside Council v North Tyneside CCG [2018]: For the CCG in challenge under s256 of the NHS Act 2006, also alleging failure to comply with duty of inquiry and the PSED.
  • AA v MOJ [2017-2019]: For prisoner alleging discrimination in the arrangements made for Muslim prisoners, in particular during Ramadan, case settled.
  • DR O v UB NHSFT [2017]: Represented a colorectal surgeon at MHPS proceedings where it was alleged that his surgical complication rate was unacceptably high and that he had lost the trust of his colleagues.
  • Bushell v MMHSCT Trust [2016]: For the Trust in challenge to a decision to withdraw services after a public consultation exercise with arguments based on the public sector equality duty.
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“What stands out about Shaheen is her incredible thoroughness as an advocate.” “She is fearless on her feet and she has an incredible ability to deal with experts.”

Chambers & Partners 2023

“Shaheen is very responsive and will go above and beyond to try to accommodate urgent requests. She is thorough and analytical with close attention-to-detail and very impressive in round table settlement meetings.”

Legal 500 2023

“An intelligent and detailed practitioner who provides very helpful advice.”

Chambers & Partners 2023

Appointments

  • Special Advocate, Northern Ireland (2016)
  • Called to the Bar of Northern Ireland (2016)
  • Special Advocate, England & Wales (2005)
  • Former member of Attorney General’s C Panel of counsel

Memberships

  • PIBA

Publications

  • Editorial Team for the 1COR Quarterly Medical Law Review (QMLR)
  • Judicial Review, Issue 2, Volume 24 (2019) ‘Disclosure in Closed Material Proceedings: What Has to Be Revealed?‘
  •  Chapter on Health and Safety Law in the UK Supreme Court Yearbook Volume 9 (2019)
  • The tension between disclosure and safe space and ​what this could mean for clinical negligence litigation ​Lecture delivered to AVMA Specialist Clinical Negligence Panel Meeting (2017)
  • Secondary Victim Claims Lecture delivered to APIL Special Interest Meeting (2017)
  • Fees Costs and Access to Justice: Judicial Review Update 2017 for Justice Human Rights Law Conference (2017)
  • Co-writer of Chapter on Settlement in Powers & Harris on Clinical Negligence 4th Edition (2008)
  • Split Costs Orders [2001] Judicial Review 149
  • Law Pod UK Ep. 13 & 102

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