Employment

We have been Employment Law specialists for over four decades. The Group comprises practitioners at every level of experience from the most junior level of call to King’s Counsel. Our strength and depth is unrivalled and our reputation unmatched on the Northern Circuit. As such, we are are able to secure the best fit for every instruction.

We practice in every aspect of the specialism, covering the full spectrum of contentious work in the Tribunal and the Civil Courts combined with all aspects of non-contentious work. In the contentious field, we act on all sides of the argument – for and against individual employees, trade unions, private and public employers, government departments, local authorities, universities and employers’ associations. Our Group appears across the UK with regular and consistent appearances in the appellate courts.

The Group are specialists in healthcare work regularly and consistently act for NHS Trusts nationwide.

In addition to the traditional areas of employment work, our members, who comprise six part-time Employment Judges, undertake drafting of contracts, policies and procedures, and conduct employment-related investigations, disciplinary and grievance hearings and appeals.

We accept instructions on the traditional referral basis from solicitors in private practice and directly from in-house legal departments. Several of our members also undertake public access work in accordance with the Public Access Scheme.

Within our Group, we have a team of expert Mediators who are able to offer specialist ADR services through Employment and Workplace Mediations. The Group also provide high quality and bespoke training for clients on a vast array of employment law issues. Our members also speak at guest lectures, seminars and provide mock tribunals.