
Partner, Disputes & Employment
Daniel Sterling
Daniel represents employers and senior executives in sensitive exits, restructures, and tribunal proceedings. He is known for resolving matters quietly before they become litigation — and for being fully prepared when they do not.
About Daniel
Daniel represents employers and senior executives in sensitive exits, restructures, and tribunal proceedings. He is known for resolving matters quietly before they become litigation — and for being fully prepared when they do not.
He advises boards on the moments where employment law and reputation intersect: a whistleblowing report, a senior departure, a collective consultation that has to run to a fixed timetable. His instinct is to fix the process early, because most claims are made or avoided in the first fortnight.
Daniel is a certified workplace investigator and regularly conducts independent investigations for organisations that need a defensible, arm's-length process.
Representative work
- Delivered a 60-role restructure across a 400-employee retail group with no tribunal claims issued
- Obtained undertakings within eleven days against a departing director poaching a six-person team
- Led an independent investigation into whistleblowing allegations against a senior executive
- Defended a multi-claimant discrimination claim to a full merits hearing, with claims dismissed
Experience
Career to date
2020 — present
Partner, Disputes & Employment
SCT Legal Associates
Heads the contentious employment practice and the firm's workplace investigations offering.
2011 — 2020
Employment Counsel
Specialist employment practice
Acted for employers in tribunal and High Court proceedings, including restrictive covenant injunctions.
2005 — 2011
Associate, Litigation
Regional litigation firm
Broad commercial disputes practice with a growing employment focus.
Publications & speaking
Writing and talks
- Guide
Collective consultation: building the timetable backwards
SCT Legal Associates Insights · 2025
- Article
Enforcing restrictive covenants without going to trial
Employment Law Journal · 2024
- Talk
Investigations that hold up under scrutiny
HR Directors Forum · 2023
Work directly with Daniel Sterling
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