Employment Disputes

We represent companies, partnerships and individuals in complex and business-critical employment disputes. We act for both defendants and claimants.

Our work includes:

Obtaining (and challenging) interim injunctions to compel adherence to restrictive covenants;
Litigation arising out of team moves;
Handling expedited (or “speedy”) trials;
Conspiracy claims;
Internal investigations into a range of employment issues, including breach of confidential information and data theft;
Dealing with contentious terminations of senior individuals;
Bonus disputes;
Discrimination claims;
Partnership and LLP disputes, including carry and leaver status disputes; and
Breach of fiduciary duties.

Clients instruct us with their most important mandates because of our proven ability to handle complex and business-critical disputes. We work in teams comprised of specialist employment, corporate and funds lawyers to best support each case.

Recent work

Multinational industrial group

Acting for a multinational industrial group in relation to a breach of confidence, breach of intellectual property rights, breach of contract and conspiracy claim in relation to the setting up of a new UK company which was alleged to have caused certain individuals to have breached restrictive covenants.

F1 racing team

Acting for a F1 racing team in the pursuit of speedy trial relief for the enforcement of minimum term employment contracts for senior individuals to protect trade secrets and confidential information.

An employer

Advising an employer in relation to an investigation, dismissal and subsequent employment tribunal proceedings concerning multiple allegations of harassment and discrimination.

Private equity client

Representing a private equity client on an investigation into gross misconduct by senior executives, allegations of fraud misrepresentation and the exercise of bad leaver provisions on their exit.

Large financial services institution

Acting in a High Court claim for a large financial services institution in relation to an attempt by a senior employee to avoid his contractual restrictions on grounds of a TUPE transfer. We secured judgment in our client’s favour at trial.

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