Employment and Incentives Experience
Standard Chartered Bank
Advising on a wide range of employment issues and providing training to managers
Reuters
Advising on the employment aspects of a number of outsourcing arrangements and a range of employment issues
A major public sector employer
Advising on a number of tribunal claims, including the defence of a complex discrimination claim by a senior employee resulting in a successful 3 day judicial mediation
Gleason
Advising on an application by a trade union to the CAC for recognition
FirstGroup plc
Successfully representing the company in the Employment Appeals Tribunal in a case on working time with significant implications for the transport industry
Babcock International Group plc
Advising on threatened strike action and seeking an injunction to prevent industrial action
Bank of Ireland
Advising on business structure and policy design following a major reorganisation of subsidiaries and divisions, including harmonisation of terms and conditions and policies
Higher Education Funding Council for England
Advising on the defence of a complex discrimination claim by a senior employee, resulting in a successful three day judicial mediation
Two not-for-profit clients
Equal pay – successfully defending equal pay claims
A FTSE-250 science and technology business
Advising on a number of employment tribunal claims around the country
Sun Valley Foods
Advising on a union-backed claim alleging a failure to carry out collective consultation on a TUPE transfer
Intercontinental Hotels Group
Advising on a number of employment tribunal claims, including for unfair dismissal, unlawful deductions from wages and holiday pay
Reliance Security Group
Successfully obtaining an injunction to restrain a former senior executive from competing with the Company
Reuters
Advising on a European employee forum agreement relating to a Europe-wide employee forum
Sun Valley Foods
Dealing with a union backed claims alleging a failure to consult on collective redundancies on a TUPE transfer
Bank of Ireland
Advising on the constitution for a partners council
InterContinental Hotels Group
Advising on the establishment of a Staff Forum
Babcock Infrastructure Services
Advising on the successful tender for an estates management contract including the transfer of staff from a number of outgoing contractors and subsequent restructuring and harmonisation process
Gallaher
Advising on changes to terms and conditions and a restructuring of benefits across its UK workforce following its acquisition by JTI
Firmenich
Advising on the closure of a manufacturing site following a major acquisition
Intercontinental Hotels Group
Advising on a collective redundancy process involving 1,800 staff following hotel closures
Yeo Valley
Advising on the introduction of new terms and conditions for about 750 employees across a number of sites
Bank of Ireland
Advising on a major business structure and collective redundancy process
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Advising on a major outsourcing project across the UK and 11 other European jurisdictions (including co-ordinating legal advice in each jurisdiction)