Didlaw

A niche #employmentlaw boutique specialising in #discrimination around #disability and workplace health issues.

Karen Jackson, Senior solicitor is the force behind didlaw. Karen graduated from University College London in 1989 with a First and worked in the City for Arthur Andersen, J P Morgan and finally at Union Bank of Switzerland as a futures broker. After 7 years of non-stop stress on the trading floor she graduated law school with a Distinction and trained as a solicitor at Mishcon de Reya in London. Karen then became Head of Legal UK and Eire for the cosmetics giant L’Oreal, where most of her work focussed on employment.

Karen founded didlaw in 2008, following successful heart transplantation surgery at Papworth Hospital in Cambridge in 2006. For the last four years Karen has been listed as a Recommended Lawyer in the Legal 500. In 2013 the Law Society commissioned Karen to write her book, Disability Discrimination: Law and Case Management.

She is a regular keynote speaker for The Priory Group, The Institute of Psychiatry and the CIPD, as well as speaking and exhibiting at Health and Wellbeing @ Work and other health and wellbeing conferences across the UK. Last year saw Karen’s webinar for the Law Society on Disability Discrimination receive glowing reviews and the highest ever score from their end-users. Karen is also a former trustee of the Mental Health Foundation.