Employment

Yvonne specialises in employment law, acting for employers and senior executives. She also advises on partnership and LLP issues, including membership rights and disputes.. Yvonne covers all aspects of employment law, with a particular interest and expertise in complex TUPE issues, employment status issues and fiduciary duties and protection of confidential information, particularly in relation to team moves. Notable cases include successful defence of a claim for employment status by a self-employed agent of an insurance companies, a number of team move projects in the financial services sector, and advice for many organisations including on managing TUPE obligations in the context of significant commercial transactions.

She advises senior executives in relation to contractual terms, exits and disputes of all kinds.

Lawrence Graham LLP (Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co from May 2014), 1989-2015 – Assistant solicitor then partner and head of employment and pensions group from 1996 Harbottle & Lewis Partner 2015. Publications of note: author of TUPE section of Knights Guide to Best Value (a Tolley publication) 1995 to 2015. Yvonne contributes regularly to People Management magazine and is widely quoted in press and media on a range of employment and people issues

Employment Lawyers Association Association of Partnership Practitioners

Sacred Heart High School Hammersmith London W6 University of London King’s College, LLB Hons 2:1 (1981-84) College of Law Lancaster Gate, Solicitors Final Examination (1984/85)