Employment

Recent Matters

The following are some examples of recent work carried out by the employment department for our commercial clients:

• Advising an insurance company on dealing with a grievance and potential constructive unfair dismissal claim by an employee.


• Representing a local gallery in a claim for sex discrimination and successfully achieving a unilateral withdrawal of all claims against them prior to the final hearing.


• Preparing contracts of employment and staff handbook for an estate agency group and providing regular telephone assistance for ad hoc matters.


• Drafting directors' service agreements for incoming directors of an IT solutions company.


• Advising the UK subsidiary of a Hong Kong based company on contracts of employment for their first UK based employees.


• Advising two charities on contracts of employment and internal policies and procedures.


• Advising a local company on unfair dismissal, wrongful dismissal and unlawful deduction of wages claims brought by an ex-employee.


• Advising a company on the employment issues involved in winding up a company.