Our employment law services naturally break down into:
We provide expert, down-to-earth advice across the whole range of employment law and associated HR/legal matters. It is of a quality that you would expect from any City or national law firm, but at a much more reasonable cost and with a refreshingly different style.
We pride ourselves on being different from our competitors. We stay focussed on your priorities and aim to be as practical and pragmatic as possible when suggesting solutions. Based particularly on Luke Menzies' invaluable experiences of his clients' businesses when with EEF, a leading employers' association, we understand the pressures on you and we speak your language. We would like to think of ourselves as an extension of our client's HR team. It is a primary aim of our firm that this attitude will be apparent to you from the start.
Our range of advice naturally covers the whole employment relationship, including:
- recruitment and appointment
- employee/consultant/contractor/agency status
- contracts and service agreements
- employee handbooks, policies & procedures
- pay & bonus schemes
- maternity, paternity, parental and other family rights
- working time & minimum wage
- data protection
- equal opportunities, discrimination & bullying/harassment
- absence & sickness management
- disability and medical matters
- performance management
- handling discipline & grievances
- changing terms & conditions
- redundancy, lay-off and short-time working
- dismissals and terminations of all types
- compromise agreements & negotiated exits
- post-termination restrictions
- TUPE & business transfers
- collective bargaining, trade unions & works councils
We have particular expertise in the appointment and termination of chief executives, directors and other senior executives.
When removing a senior executive it is essential to have the benefit of specialist advice from an employment lawyer of sufficient seniority and expertise. It is also very worthwhile taking expert advice when agreeing terms and conditions of appointment for a senior executive: how robust and protective of the business are your current directors' service agreements?
We aim to help you avoid litigation wherever possible. However, where it is necessary, we provide a highly skilled and responsive Employment Tribunal litigation & advocacy service. We have expertise in unfair dismissal, constructive dismissal, whistle-blowing, all types of discrimination, harassment, wages, working time and every other jurisdiction covered by the Employment Tribunals.
Based on Luke Menzies' seasoned experience over many years as a barrister and his involvement in many hundreds of cases, including several multi-millon pound claims, our litigation & advocacy service is of the very highest standard. We offer:
- solid, experienced advice on tactics to maximise your chance of success
- powerful trial advocacy
- skilful methods to obtain the best from your witnesses
- focussed, highly crafted witness statements and written submissions
- tough but pragmatic settlement negotiations
- to remain focussed on your organisation's priorities
- commercial, frank advice on your options
- a very high success rate
In post-outcome surveys, which ask a wide range of questions about our clients’ satisfaction with our litigation service as a whole, over 90% of all answers to all questions has been a rating of "excellent".
For more information on our services and fee rates please contact us.
