Our employment law expertise
Our specialist employment law team has extensive
experience of acting for trade unions, employees
and employers. We help:
- employees facing problems
at work
- employers wanting to keep on the
right side of employment law, or
- trade unions looking
for legal services which will help their members
and themselves
Clients praise Joy Drummond for her “proactive and understandable” approach. She
spent a large part of the year on age discrimination issues, as well as advising
unions on defending collective agreements. Consultant Tony Hows heads the department.
Clients who use him are “very happy with the end result” and appreciate his knowledge
of the wider trade union environment.
Chambers & Partners 2008
Our expertise covers all areas of employment law and employment litigation:
- compromise agreements and negotiated severances
- unfair and wrongful dismissal
- bonus and commission disputes and other contractual claims
- employment tribunal claims for dismissal or discrimination (sex, race, disability,
sexual orientation, religion and age)
- constructive dismissal
- disciplinary, grievance and capability procedures
- harassment and victimisation
- equal pay
- pensions
- redundancies
- restrictive covenants and protection of confidential information
- all aspects of trade union law including collective and trade union rights
- contracts of employment, policies and staff handbooks
- maternity and other
family friendly rights
- TUPE, and
- workplace stress
Joy Drummond is recommended for equal opportunities issues and pension rights, and
she and her team are ‘very hardworking, and on top of their game as far as the law
and dealing with clients are concerned’, and are 'able to tell the good points from
the bad’. The experienced Tony Hows is also recommended.
Legal 500 2007
We have extensive experience in cases that set precedent in the Employment Appeal
Tribunal, the Court of Appeal and House of Lords.
Our commitment
- To provide a high quality service to all our new and existing clients
- To provide swift and clear responses to your queries
- To be forward thinking and provide innovative solutions
to suit you
- To expand our range of services for your
benefit
Costs
We offer:
- highly competitive charge-out rates, without any compromise in the quality of our
work, and
- a range of funding arrangements including conditional or contingency fee agreements
in suitable cases
Check your insurance policies!
It is always useful to check your household or other insurance policies as you
could have legal expenses cover. Read our article on funding your employment law case through your insurance policy for further information.
Contact us now to discuss how we can help you by completing our, no obligation,
online enquiry form and we
will call you back or you can call us directly on 0844 858 3800.
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