Hard Days Night For DLA Piper Female Partner Ends In Firing

The (UK) Liverpool Echo reports this rather depressing story….


A TOP lawyer denied slapping a colleague?s bottom and propositioning her.

Paul Firth, who was a senior partner at law firm DLA Piper, allegedly invited Sarah Sweeney back to his Hard Days Night Hotel room, in Liverpool city centre.

When she refused, he then said ?you can?t blame me for trying? and slapped her bottom, an employment tribunal heard.

Ms Sweeney and Mr Firth were at a glitzy DLA function being held at Tate Liverpool to mark the firm?s global board meeting in April 2008.

Later that year, Ms Sweeney, 36, a partner in the Liverpool office?s real estate team, was fired.

She claims the firm sexually discriminated against her because she was pregnant.

DLA denies any discrimination and says it needed to sack her to cut costs during the credit crunch.

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