Karen Moss successful in a trio of high-profile employment law cases

2nd June 2025

Head of 3PB's Employment and Discrimination Law Group Karen Moss (pictured here) has successfully acted in the following high-profile cases:

In Selivanov v Reckitt Benckiser Corporate Services Limited KB-2025-001253, Karen successfully sought an interim injunction preventing the summary dismissal of an employee accused of gross misconduct, in circumstances where his immigration status would have been imperilled if he had been summarily dismissed. The Applicant would be eligible to apply for indefinite leave to remain from August 2025, but could have lost that right had his employment been terminated before then. Mr Justice Griffiths was persuaded that damages for a wrongful or unfair dismissal would be an inadequate remedy.

After a 24-day disability discrimination hearing in Hill v St Paul's C of E VA Primary and Nursery School and others: 3316504/2021 and 3323824/2021, the tribunal judgment sent on 23rd May 2025 revealed that Karen had successfully defended all discrimination claims against the school, some individually-named teachers, members of the governing body and an independent grievance investigator.  All discrimination, harassment and victimisation claims were dismissed. The Claimant, a nursery teacher, who had Long Covid / Chronic Fatigue, claimed that she had suffered direct disability discrimination, discrimination arising from disability, disability-related harassment, a failure to make reasonable adjustments and victimisation. Rather than upholding the alleged discriminatory conspiracy to dismiss the Claimant as a result of her disability, the Tribunal found that the school were “simply trying to do (their) best to deal with a difficult situation within a tiny school with limited resources”.

Finally, Karen, leading 3PB’s Jo Laxton, was successful in Theisen and Others v Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd: 2304618/2020, in which she represented 54 cabin crew claimants who brought unfair dismissal claims against Virgin Atlantic Airways. After a hard-fought trial stretching over 30 days in the summer and winter of 2024. The group of on-board managers, almost all female in their 40s and 50s, successfully persuaded the tribunal that, despite VAA’s considerable resources, there had been an unfair selection process which resulted in around 1500 cabin crew being made redundant as a result of Covid. Read the judgment here.

Karen Moss is an employment law specialist with over 20 years of experience. She is ranked as a Tier 1 Leading Junior in the South Eastern Circuit Employment by both Chambers and Partners and the Legal 500. Clients comment that ‘She is a superstar: a lawyer of the strongest calibre and an excellent advocate with strong cross-examination and client care skills’.

Jo Laxton is a specialist employment and discrimination barrister. She transferred across to the Bar having worked as a solicitor for 22 years, specialising in employment law, and holding senior positions with Transport for London, Sodexo, Pennon Group (South West Water) and Vodafone.

For more information or to instruct Karen or Jo, please contact their clerk Russell Porter on [email protected].