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Director, Employment Team

Kate Lea is a Senior Associate Solicitor and Head of the Employment Law team at Lawson West Solicitors in Leicestershire. Kate commenced her training at a regional practice and was admitted as a solicitor in 2001. She then moved to Thompsons Solicitors where she oversaw the delivery of employment law services to the trade union movement across the East and West Midlands. She ran legally and politically strategic cases for trade unions and their members. Kate has extensive experience advising unions and their members in the event of structural reorganisation of the workplace. Whether that be the result of a transfer of a business or the in/outsourcing of services or, the closure of a business, in whole or part. Amid Covid, Kate was instrumental in providing advice to trade unions and their members and most notably at mass meetings of members following the administration of Flybe and Causal Dining Ltd which resulted in thousands losing their jobs and pursuing successful claims for compensation. Kate continues to work in conjunction with our insolvency and dispute resolution team to provide a comprehensive service to our commercial and individual clients who continue to be affected by such issues.