Employment

High-quality, commercial advice on the full range of employment law issues for employers, employees and contractors.

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Overview

Employment law advice needs to be concise, timely and, of course, practical.

We have wide expertise in the media and entertainment sectors but are equally at home with clients from other industries, including advertising, construction, finance, charities, professional services, local authorities, and SMEs. We also regularly advise senior executives, including CEOs and partners.

Our clients are extremely busy people. Our approach is to have a deep understanding of their businesses and the environment where they work and to be their trusted advisers. Through this approach, and because of the level of our advice, we provide a first-rate, partner-led service with practical and pragmatic advice.

Expertise

Our areas of expertise include the following:

  • Contracts of employment and service agreements
  • Consultancy/freelancer agreements
  • Settlement/termination agreements
  • Employment Tribunal proceedings
  • High Court proceedings
  • Restrictive covenants and team moves
  • Bonus/remuneration disputes
  • Unfair dismissal
  • Discrimination, bullying and harassment
  • Whistleblowing
  • TUPE and outsourcing
  • Employment status/IR35
  • Redundancy, restructures and insolvency
  • Discipline, performance management and grievances
  • Workplace investigations
  • Family friendly rights and pregnancy
  • Sickness and incapacity
  • Subject access requests, data protection and privacy notices
  • HR advice
  • Corporate due diligence
  • Trade union
  • Partnerships and LLPs
  • Employee handbooks and policies

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Our lawyers pride themselves on delivering high-quality pragmatic advice that is always ‘off the fence’.

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They take a sensible pragmatic approach to a contentious situation. Their legal analysis of the issue is good and they provide a number of options to me as the client as to how to move forward.
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Quality and the feeling you have the best people on your team.
Legal 500
They're extremely proactive - they provide great communication, thorough research and immediate responses.
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Timely and accurate advice… and solid understanding of employment law matters.
Legal 500
Victoria's judgement is exceptional.
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Punches above its weight… thanks to an excellent team.
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