Our employment team advises on all aspects of the employment relationship with a focus on high level, high value, complex issues.

Dispute resolution is a particular strength (both in the employment tribunal and the high and appellate courts). During the last 12 months the employee has withdrawn or settled over 94% of the cases we have handled for employer clients with the remaining cases being won on behalf of our clients.

We pride ourselves on the commercial and pragmatic nature of our advice and our ability to work with clients to find solutions which meet their business needs.

PLC recommends Anthony Fincham and has described him as “a well-known commercial litigator experienced in advising on all aspects of employment law”. Anthony is also an accredited mediator and among the first to be recognised as a leader in that field by Chambers directory. Anthony regularly mediates commercial and employment disputes with a wide variety of subject matter.

Sarah Ozanne handles litigation in both the employment tribunal and High Court and has been described by the legal directories as ‘very knowledgeable’ and providing ‘sound practical advice’.

Recent examples of employment disputes our employment team has advised on include:

• Defending Royal Mail on a significant test case on TUPE in the Court of Appeal which is now the leading case on this issue;
• Defending a major construction firm in a series of union backed claims concerning the application of TUPE;
• Acting for a global manufacturer on a leading case on the enforcement of cross border restrictive covenants;
• Acting for an international bank in defending various high court and employment tribunal claims including stress at work and discrimination;
• Acting for a major insurance broker in obtaining injunctive relief to prevent the misuse of its confidential information by former employees and a competitor; and
• Defending a rail service provider and a number of individuals against an agency worker who made sex discrimination, sexual harassment, victimisation, unfair dismissal and whistleblowing claims against them. The matter involved complex jurisdictional issues as to employment status.