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Chambers Review

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Employment - UK

5
Band 5

What the Team is Known For

Howard Kennedy has a dedicated team that is regularly called upon by clients across sectors such as retail, transport and leisure. The team is adept at handling contentious claims at tribunal ranging from discrimination and whistle-blowing claims to internal misconduct and grievance matters. It is well equipped to advise on and conduct sensitive investigations.

Strengths

The team's service levels and responsiveness were always excellent.

The team are engaged, positive and nothing is too much or rushed.

Howard Kennedy provided constructive, informed and collegiate advice across jurisdictions.

Work Highlights

Howard Kennedy advised The Yorkshire County Cricket Club on an Employment Tribunal claim brought by Azeem Rafiq concerning allegations of race discrimination.

Notable practitioners

Head of the employment team at Howard Kennedy, Jane Amphlett is well versed in assisting employers and employees from a variety of sectors with dismissals, restructurings and TUPE. She regularly advises clients on disputes including discrimination claims.
 

She is a very experienced and knowledgeable lawyer. Client service is a core strength of hers.

 

Jane is fantastic - she has a great level of knowledge about the challenges we face in our business area and provides us with concise and logical advice.

 

She has such a good knowledge of her specialist area but is able to communicate in non-legalese language.

Lydia Christie is a legal director at Howard Kennedy who advises a client base of well-known employers in the leisure and hospitality industry on tribunal claims and general advisory matters.
 

It is a delight to work with Lydia.

 

Lydia has been fantastic to work with. She always provides outstanding advice and support, often with very short notice.

Sam Murray-Hinde focuses her practice on advising employers across a range of contentious and non-contentious matters, including investigations. She has particular strengths representing those in the transport and sports sectors.
 

She provides excellent help.

 

Her attention to detail is exceptional, and her work is invaluable in defending claims we receive and resolving complex queries.

 

She consistently delivers exceptional results for us.

 

Sam's preparation is second to none.

 

She consistently delivers exceptional results for us.

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