About Mandy

Mandy is a Legal Director in our highly regarded Education Department, and a member of the Schools HR team. Mandy is an experienced employment lawyer with significant experience in advising on the full spectrum of employment law and HR issues. Mandy has practised employment law for over a decade. Prior to joining Winckworth Sherwood Mandy was a Partner at Leigh Day and specialised in large multi-party group claims in the employment tribunal and other jurisdictions.

Mandy previously primarily assisted claimants and has a deep understanding of the concerns, motivations and aims of employees. This insight means Mandy is well placed to give constructive, strategic advice to employers regarding employee relations and disputes.

Mandy is an experienced litigator and comfortable advising on all manner of contentious issues. She has previously worked on successful, large-scale group litigation and is well-versed in understanding competing aims and looking at the bigger picture, particularly in terms of effects on associated parties and realistic outcomes. Her group litigation experience means she has excellent, effective long-term relationships with her clients. Mandy’s prior experience has included providing legal assistance to those from varying backgrounds including claimants in their first job roles, public sector workers, employees in higher education and high net-worth individuals.

Many has been quoted in mainstream media including The BBC, and contributed to ‘Collective Litigation: A Practical Guide’ (also published as Collective Litigation: A Practical Handbook), a legal reference book written by industry experts and published by LexisNexis Butterworths in July 2026

Mandy has a keen interest in the education sector and providing strategic practical legal advice that empowers school leaders, governors, Trust Boards and HR teams, and allows them to focus on what is important – providing an outstanding education to our children and young people.

Recent experience

• Successfully representing 13,500 police officers in claims against the government with regards to discrimination relating to pensions, leading to new legislation being implemented
• Successfully representing 10,000 police officers in claims of discrimination and victimisation against their Staff Association
• Representing a group of claimants in worker status claims against a Royal Mail owned subsidiary
• Providing advice to claimants with regards to potential Human Rights Act claims and negligence claims against TfL
• Assisting young workers in claims against McDonald’s for indirect age discrimination
• Providing advice to employees of major supermarkets regarding equal pay
• Advising a number of individuals regarding claims for unfair dismissal, discrimination and unlawful deductions from wages against various London universities
• Successfully securing settlement for a group of migrant workers in relation to unpaid wages against a higher education provider
• Securing various pre-litigation settlements for matters relating to disability discrimination, sex discrimination and unfair dismissal
• Bringing a Judicial Review to challenge century old legislation, on behalf of police officers
• Contributing to ‘Collective Litigation: A Practical Guide’, published in July 2026