Melissa Paz
Solicitor
- Education: University College London, LL.B (Hons) Law
- Admitted: England and Wales, 2000
- Languages spoken: Spanish
- Year joined: 1998
Overview
Melissa advises employers and employees on all aspects of employment law, both contentious and non-contentious.
Highlights
Melissa’s trial experience includes successfully representing an international horse owner in relation to a groundbreaking claim by her show jumper, where it was held that he was self-employed and not her employee.
Publications and speaking engagements
Melissa writes articles on employment law issues for the press, including Personnel Today, HR Zone, The Evening Standard and the Solicitors Journal. She has also appeared in two training programmes for Legal Network Television. Melissa chaired the Withers seminar for the Barcelona Bar Association’s first group visit to London.
Memberships
- Employment Lawyers Association
- Industrial Law Society
- British Spanish Lawyers Association
On a personal note
Before choosing a career as an employment lawyer, Melissa was tempted by an offer to work as a flamenco dancer.