Employment Law

Employment law advice and services

We offer an experienced and cost effective alternative to the bigger City of London law firms. Core specialisms include :-

• Employment contracts and policies – we deal with all aspects of employment documentation, contracts, policies, restrictive covenants, director service agreements and review of terms for employees offered a new job.
• Bonus, commission and issues arising with shares or share options on departure – we advise directors, senior executives and employees with shares or share entitlements.
• Whistleblowing – we represent and advise employees in regulated sectors such as Financial Services, Professional Services and Healthcare. We also sometimes advise employers.
• Redundancies – we advise employers on the correct processes, options and the law relating to staff redundancies.
• Settlement Agreements – We help employees negotiate and achieve the best outcome under their settlement agreements. We also work with employers to draft settlement agreements and offer sufficient compensation to ensure the employee signs, without offering too much of course. 
• Employee shares – there are a vast number of ways employees and directors can be provided with shares as an incentive. We work with employers to put the best type of share incentive in place and advise employees offered share options and on the implications on exit.
• Restrictive covenants – our employment law specialist solicitors review restrictive covenants for employees and directors before they start a new job. We also advise employers on how to put in place restrictive covenants that will be effective when you need to rely upon them.  Our specialists also help employers with updating existing employment agreements to keep the restrictive covenants protective for the employer.
• Grievances and disciplinaries – we advise employers and sometimes also employees.
• Dismissals – we have a lot of experience with all types of dismissals, whether the employer dismisses or the employee resigns due to constructive dismissal. We represent employers, employees and directors in the Employment Tribunal.  We also deal with wrongful dismissal and employment injunctions in the courts, including the High Court.
• Discrimination claims – often overlap with dismissal claims, we deal with the full range of discrimination claims including race, sex, disability and Equal Pay claims.