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Shifting Ground: Making Sense of the Government’s Changing IHT Proposals

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Scottish Ports and the UK Emissions Trading Scheme: Leading the Clean Energy Transition

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Irritancy and Commercial Leases: When Leases Don’t Do What They Say on the Tin

An overview of irritancy in commercial leases, examining how legal safeguards and practical considerations can alter outcomes beyond the contract wording.

Employment Law for Employers

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Employment law is fast changing.  Getting it wrong can harm your reputation and be a distraction for your business. Our employment law team prides itself on giving practical, swift, quality advice that gets you the result you want.

Employment and HR advisory services

Our experienced team advises on a wide range of day-to-day employment law and HR issues including:

  • employment contracts and policy documentation
  • disciplinary and grievance issues
  • absence and performance management
  • employment status
  • redundancy, restructure and change management
  • holidays, statutory leave and working time
  • TUPE
  • equality, diversity and discrimination

Employment disputes

We can help you achieve a negotiated resolution, advise you in a mediation, or represent you in tribunal or court – what success looks like for each and every client and case, is different.  Our disputes experience includes:

  • unfair dismissal
  • breach of contract
  • discrimination & harassment
  • holiday pay
  • unlawful deduction from wages

Employee and executive severance

Managing exits from your organisation can be a challenging and sensitive matter and it is important that you get the right advice.  We advise on pre-termination negotiations and settlement agreements daily, and have expertise in advising on business protection issues such as the enforceability of post-termination restrictions, confidentiality provisions and IP.

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