I advise both employers and employees on a range of contentious and non-contentious matters.
I have experience advising on all aspects of an employment relationship, including drafting employment contracts and policies, supporting with grievance and disciplinary processes, to the handling of dismissals or negotiating an agreed exit. I also help clients to deal with issues of discrimination, whistleblowing and misconduct in the workplace.
- Having been on a client secondment for a year and a half, I have extensive and practical knowledge on how to run a complex redundancy consultation process; from the initial planning stages, running an elections process, carrying out consultation, to managing settlements and supporting with appeals. I have since advised charities, commercial clients and a professional regulator on collective and individual consultation processes.
- Experience in successfully fighting employment tribunal cases, including landmark “gig economy” cases concerning employment status in the Employment Tribunal and Court of Appeal.
- Assisting a professional medical body in defending claims of race and disability discrimination, and a failure to make reasonable adjustments.
- Advised an international charity on the UK employment aspects of a spin-out which involved the application of TUPE as well as co-ordinating advice from five other jurisdictions.
- Conducted an investigation for a charity involving a whistleblowing complaint around the misuse of charitable funds.