Senior Clerk – Civil, Commercial & Employment
Assistant Senior Clerk
Civil Clerk
Tarlun is a civil practitioner, and as such welcomes instructions for employment law and personal injury matters. Tarlun prides herself on her client care and building strong relationships with both her professional and lay clients.
Tarlun acts in matters in the Employment Tribunal and in the civil courts. She has been instructed to draft opinions and pleadings in relation to those areas and is happy to assist with papers requiring a fast turnaround.
Tarlun is accredited to receive instructions directly from members of the public through the Public Access Scheme.
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October 2025 – Successfully represented a national company in defending a direct sex discrimination case relating to IVF treatment.
July 2025 – Represented an NHS trust as the Second Respondent in defending a race discrimination claim. The matter settled on day five with the Second Respondent not liable for any payments to the Claimant.
June 2025 – Successfully represented a school in defending an ordinary unfair dismissal claim.
February 2025 – Successfully represented an academy trust in defending a section 15 claim and unfair dismissal claim. The Claimant had been dismissed and claimed her dismissal was discriminatory on the basis of her epilepsy. The claim was successfully defended on the basis that the dismissal was a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim.
January 2025 – Successfully represented a Claimant who was a dentist on a complicated claim for unlawful deduction from wages.
September 2024 – Successfully represented a gentleman at a Disability Status Hearing who had an enlarged prostate since 2007.
August 2024 – (Simon v Manorview Hotels Limited (Glasgow)) – Successfully represented the Claimant in a disability status hearing. The judge found that the Claimant was disabled by reason of the physical impairments of fibromyalgia and/or perimenopause. Given the cultural shift towards understanding the menopause/peri-menopause, and their effects, this case has attracted media attention. The case was covered in Law 360.
March 2024 – Successfully represented a Claimant in a whistleblowing claim. The Claimant received an Injury to Feelings award of £20, 000. Tarlun later represented the same Claimant in a successful application for costs due to the Respondent’s conduct in failing to engage properly with settlement negotiations.
2023
Tarlun regularly advises on a CFA basis the prospects of successfully bringing claims under the Occupiers Liability Act 1957.
Tarlun is well versed in drafting pleadings such as claims against hotels, claims on behalf of children against local authorities for injuries sustained in parks and other public areas etc. as well as slipping and tripping claims.
Tarlun has acted for employees and employers in respect of accidents at work, such as trips, slips and manual handling incidents.
Tarlun is pleased to attend Costs and Case Management Conferences in a variety of matters.
Tarlun welcomes instructions to draft Schedules of Loss for fast track matters, including claims of a more complicated nature relating to care and assistance and/or future loss of earnings.
Tarlun has and is happy to advise and draft pleadings on behalf of tenants for injuries sustained as a result of their landlord’s negligence.
Tarlun regularly attends Application Hearings for Claimants and Defendants on a range of issues, including applications to strike out a claim; application to set aside default judgment and applications for relief from sanction.
In the past six months, Tarlun has been instructed on behalf of Claimants who suffered gastroenteritis whilst on a package holiday. This includes the early stages of reviewing cases, advising on prospects, conducting conferences with the client and attending preliminary and substantive hearings.
Tarlun has regularly represented those whose flights were delayed by more than three hours.
Tarlun has advised on a broad range of personal injuries, from soft tissue, psychological, scarring and more complicated fractures.
Tarlun has represented both Claimants and Defendants at trial in claims arising from road traffic accidents, both in the small claims and fast track.
Prior to commencing pupillage, Tarlun worked for a specialist industrial disease firm. She has been able to draw upon this experience in claims for noise induced hearing loss. She regularly receives instructions to draft pleading and has recently conducted multiple-day hearings.
In addition, Tarlun has started to receive instructions relating occupational asthma and repetitive strain injury cases thus being exposed to a broader range of industrial disease work.
