Stuart Lawrenson
UK Guide 2025
Band 3 : Employment
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About
Provided by Stuart Lawrenson
Practice Areas
Stuart is head of Shoosmiths' Solent Employment Team and has nearly 20 years of experience in providing employment law support to HR teams and senior executives.
Stuart advises a broad range of clients, local and national, on all aspects of employment law, both contentious and non-contentious. He is an experienced and successful Tribunal advocate where he has successfully defended claims, including the obtaining of costs awards, brought against employers. He has also successfully brought claims on behalf of employees.
Stuart has a particular interest and expertise advising clients in the retail sector and has a wealth of experience advising and supporting clients with HMRC national minimum wage investigations.
He prides himself in giving commercial, practical and “no-nonsense” advice. Stuart regularly deals with knotty disciplinary and grievance issues often involving senior employees and claims of discrimination. On a more strategic level he has much experience advising on restructures, senior executive terminations, large scale redundancies and the employment aspects arising out of corporate transactions including TUPE.
Chambers Review
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Stuart Lawrenson regularly acts on dismissal and discrimination claims as well as TUPE matters and collective redundancy consultations.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Stuart is very commercial and pragmatic; he doesn't just tell me the employment law but he works with me and my team to find the best solution for the business from a cost and risk perspective."
"He is an expert in his field and my clients are always happy with the advice and support he provides."
"Stuart has a wealth of knowledge and is the voice of reason."
"Stuart is very commercial and pragmatic; he doesn't just tell me the employment law but he works with me and my team to find the best solution for the business from a cost and risk perspective."
"He is an expert in his field and my clients are always happy with the advice and support he provides."
"Stuart has a wealth of knowledge and is the voice of reason."