Peter Daly

Doyle Clayton

Having learned his trade at Bindmans – where he successfully acted on behalf of Jordi Casamitjana Costa on the high-profile recognition of ethical veganism as a protected philosophical belief – Peter Daly arrived at Doyle Clayton in March 2020 and immediately got working on what was to be one of the most significant workplace judgments in 2021, Forstater v Centre for Global Development. Maya Forstater had lost her job at CGD and claimed that she was discriminated against because of her belief that sex was immutable and not to be conflated with gender identity. Having lost the initial case, Daly and his counsel team Ben Cooper QC and Anya Palmer took the case to the Employment Appeal Tribunal, which held that her gender-critical beliefs were a protected philosophical belief within the meaning of the Equality Act 2010.

Since Forstater, Daly has seen an upsurge of work, particularly from claimants in the charitable or arts sectors, and this year will see him advise former Garden Court Chambers barrister Allison Bailey on her case against Stonewall. A strong communicator on workplace issues, Daly has also developed a canny understanding of how to run crowdfunded legal cases – an important new skill for claimant lawyers.