Ben Doherty > Lindsays > Glasgow, United Kingdom > Lawyer Profile

Lindsays
100 QUEEN STREET
GLASGOW
G1 3DN
United Kingdom
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Work Department

Employment

Position

Ben is Partner and heads up Lindsays Employment Law team. He has specialised in employment law for over 15 years and during that time has built up considerable experience in advising employers in respect of a broad range of employment law matters.

Ben has represented employer clients from a range of sectors, including charities, healthcare providers, construction companies and service providers in Employment Tribunals across the UK and has experience of defending unfair dismissal, equal pay and the entire range of discrimination claims.

Ben has also considerable experience of advising clients in respect of the application and effect of the TUPE regulations. He regularly acts for customers and service providers in respect of large scale outsourcing contracts and ensures that his client’s risk in such arrangements is mitigated by the inclusion of suitable indemnities and warranties.

Ben also provides day to day employment law and HR strategy advice to clients in respect of disciplinary and grievance matters, redundancies and restructurings, changes to terms and conditions of employment and equal opportunity issues.

Career

Trained Tollers Solicitors. Ben first specialised in employment law when working for Tollers Solicitors as a specialist paralegal. That job led into a training contract with Tollers and Ben qualified in March 2004. He subsequently moved to Pinsent Masons Glasgow office in May 2005 and remained there until October 2011 when he joined Lindsays as a senior associate. Ben was promoted to director in October 2012 and took over as head of the employment team in January 2013.

Memberships

Employment Lawyers Association; Employment Law Group of the Law Society of Scotland.

Education

Belfast Royal Academy; University of Dundee (LLB upper 2nd class Hons 1999); Northumbria University (legal practice course with distinction 2000).

Leisure

Family, supporting Glasgow Warriors and Ulster Rugby Teams, playing squash.

Lawyer Rankings

Scotland > Private client > Charities and not-for-profit

Lindsays acts for charities, faith-based organisations, higher education institutions and trusts on corporate and trustee governance and regulatory matters, in addition to structural changes. Accredited charity law specialist Helen Kidd leads the team, handling financial authority-related issues and advising high-net-worth individuals on lifetime philanthropy mandates. With considerable experience in employment law, Kate Wyatt and Ben Doherty further bolster the team’s strength by providing strategic advice to charity clients in employment tribunal claims. John Thom advises a variety of third sector organisations, executors, and beneficiaries.

Scotland > Employment > Employment

With Glasgow-based Ben Doherty at the helm, Lindsays provides a broad range of employment law services, from defending clients in employment tribunal claims related to discrimination and unfair dismissal to advising on senior executive departures. In Edinburgh, Kate Wyatt assists organisations in the social care, education, and charity sectors in relation to equal pay issues, industrial relations, and TUPE.