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Overview
Domonique advises both businesses and individuals on all aspects of contentious and non-contentious employment law issues at each stage of the employment life cycle. She is valued for her concise, commercial, “no nonsense” approach, across a broad range of different sectors.
Work highlights
- Assisted a large employer to implement a large scale restructuring and redundancy exercise which resulted in a number of dismissals.
- Secured undertakings in relation to a number of claims relating to the enforcement of post termination restrictive covenants.
- Represented a charity in relation to a claim brought against it for unfair dismissal, sex, race and pregnancy discrimination which was ultimately struck out and additionally obtained an award of costs against the Claimant on the basis that the claim had no reasonable prospects of success.
- Acted on behalf of a number of electricians in relation to contractual variations imposed following a TUPE transfer – Tabberer & Ors v Mears Ltd & Ors UKEAT/0064/17/JOJ.
- Successfully acted on behalf of eight individuals in claims for unfair and wrongful dismissal following a TUPE transfer and secured costs against the Respondent at first instance. The award of costs was challenged by the Respondent, the outcome of which was report in the Industrial Case Reports – Swissport Ltd v Exley [2017] ICR 1288 – and which was the first appellate authority on the impact of damages based agreements on the Employment Tribunal’s costs jurisdiction.
Awards & Accolades
Chambers UK 2026 ranks Domonique McRae as an ‘Associate to Watch’ for ‘Employment: Employer’.
The Legal 500 UK 2026 ranks Domonique McRae as a ‘Leading Associate’ for ‘Employment: Senior Executives’ and highlights Domonique McRae as a ‘Recommended Key Lawyer’ for ‘Employment: Employers’ and ‘Employment: Senior Executives’.
Chambers UK Guide 2025 ranks Domonique McRae as an ‘Associate to Watch’ for ‘Employment: Employer’
Domonique is recommended in The Legal 500 UK 2024.
