Employment Advice for Individuals

Our lawyers will work by your side to understand what your requirements are and what you want to achieve. This could be:

• Negotiating favourable terms and an enhanced financial package in a settlement agreement.

• Avoiding a dismissal by challenging allegations of misconduct or under performance

• Assisting you in drafting a grievance

• Issuing a legal claim on your behalf

• Representing you in Employment Tribunal proceedings

We’re skilled at handling complex matters. The team has a proven track record of successfully running high value complex discrimination claims in the Employment Tribunal.

Most recently, we represented our client’s interests in a highly sensitive case where the employee wanted to remain in employment, which can often be difficult to achieve once lawyers become involved, demonstrating our sensitive yet robust defence of our clients’ interests.

Equally, we successfully defended a client accused of breaching confidentiality and post termination restrictions when they left to join a competitor who faced extreme pressure from their former employer.

Successfully challenging discrimination for maternity-leave returners

We acted for a female executive threatened with dismissal for failing to meet unfair targets being set following her return from maternity leave and being unfairly threatened with performance management. We defended the performance allegations and negotiated a mutual exit, preserving our client’s reputational and career.

Successfully defending a care provider against claims of sexual orientation discrimination.

The Claimant, who had less than 2 years’ service, had claimed that he was harassed because of his sexual orientation and resigned allegedly in response. We were able to refute the allegations made throughout with clear evidence in support of the performance related concerns which had been raised with him.