Employment

We are acknowledged in all major directories in the top rank of sets specialising in Employment Law.

Our Queen's Counsel and juniors have featured in many of the leading cases in Employment Law in recent years.

Our expertise covers:

• Employment Injunctions (Restrictive Covenants, Garden Leave, Springboard, Confidential Information, Preservation of Employment and Employment Rights, Team Moves)
• Individual Employee Issues (Unfair Dismissal, Wrongful Dismissal, Redundancy and Whistleblowing)
• Bonus Disputes (including all forms of Share Options, LTIPs and Incentivisation)
• Discrimination, Harassment and Victimisation (Sex, Race, Disability, Age, Sexual Orientation, Fixed Term and Part Time Workers)
• Equal Pay (including the handling of Mass Equal Pay Litigation and the
  introduction of Job Evaluation Schemes)
• Maternity and Parental Rights
• Human Rights Law
• Director and Senior Employee Disputes (Rights and Obligations of Directors, Fiduciary Duties, Breach of Duty, Knowing Receipt and Dishonest Assistance)
• Pensions (including the rights and obligations of Members, Employers and Trustees)
• TUPE (preparing for Transfers and their consequences)
• Trade Unions and Collective Rights (including Strike Ballots and Injunctions, Picketing and Members’ Rights)
• European Community Law (including Cross Border claims, Free Movement of Workers, taking cases to the ECJ and ECHR)
• Shareholder Disputes (Shareholder Agreements, Joint Venture Agreements and rights and duties amongst joint venturers, rights of shareholders, s.459 minority relief)
• Long Term Ill Health, Stress at Work and Bullying
• Internal Disciplinary Enquiries
• Partnership Problems