There is a very high chance that, if you’re an employer, you’ll have to deal with a disgruntled employee before long. But when it gets as far as an Employment Tribunal, it has an impact on your business in terms of time, cost, internal morale and sometimes even external publicity.

We have significant experience of representing clients in Court, with disputes ranging from a simple termination for gross misconduct in the Tribunal through to enforcing post termination restrictions in the High Court. We have a reputation for taking a no-nonsense approach, getting straight to the crux of the problem and seeking out the solution.

And we apply this same, practical, hands-on approach to your internal disputes. We work with you to make sure that you have the correct policies and procedures in place and investigate alternative ways to resolve disputes, if litigation isn’t the right answer for you. We want to save you the time, effort and costs involved in court proceedings if we can. Our primary focus is on finding a solution that has as little impact on you and your business as possible.

We can advise on:

• All discrimination claims including age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation
• Unfair dismissal claims
• Unlawful deduction from wages claims
• Working time claims
• Holiday pay claims
• Wrongful dismissal
• Restrictive covenants
• Defending or making applications for injunctions
• Redundancy and TUPE

Some examples of our work:

Advising on threatened industrial action at a factory threatening the closure of the business in the UK

Involved in High Court litigation and negotiations concerning the enforceability of restrictions in the financial services sector.

Working on behalf of client to obtain court undertakings from ex-employees who were intending to set up in competition and soliciting clients in breach of restrictive covenants

Advising agricultural client on complex claims relating to a family dispute including employment tribunal proceedings for unfair dismissal and whistleblowing, claims for non-molestation injunctions (discharged with costs ordered against the other party) and associated possession proceedings and defence to counterclaim for unpaid wages