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Linklaters hits back at sexual harassment claims as employment tribunal begins

Linklaters contractor says she was sexually harassed by a senior member of staff at the law firm

Linklaters hits back at sexual harassment claims as employment tribunal begins
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A barrister representing City law firm Linklaters and one of its former senior staff members has denied accusations at an employment tribunal that the staff member made inappropriate sexual advances towards a contractor.

The contractor alleged that the staff member grabbed her buttocks in a restaurant. The Linklaters representative told an employment tribunal on 15 June that the incident “didn’t happen”.

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