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

It is always useful to check your household or other insurance policies as you could have legal expenses cover.


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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