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We have an experienced Employment Team led by a principal who originally qualified as a barrister and is a member of the Employment Lawyers Association and European Employment Lawyers Association

Our Employment Team is well regarded for both its advisory and contentious employment work and advises small, medium and large limited companies, businesses, partnerships, Limited Liability partnerships and sole traders as well as charities and schools on all aspects of employment, human resources and health and safety issues

We aim to work closely with clients to provide professional support and continuing advice in an increasingly complex and ever-changing and developing area of the law.

We offer advice on all of the following key services:

• drafting employment contracts

• consultancy agreements and employment policies

• terms and conditions of employment

• restrictive covenants

• working time regulations including holiday issues

• family friendly and flexible working legislation

• grievance and disciplinary hearings

• unfair and constructive dismissal

• discrimination claims - racial, sexual, disability, age, sexual orientation and religion

• redundancy

• compromise agreements

• proceedings at all levels from Employment Tribunals through to Employment Appeal Tribunals and County, High Court and Appeal Courts

• employer merger, acquisition and insolvency