Mills & Reeve LLP

Employment.

Partner, employment law. Specialises in advising higher education institutions, public sector bodies and charities. Recent work includes: advising several pre-1992 universities on amendments to the model statutes dealing with disciplinary, redundancy, dismissal and grievance procedures for academic staff; advising several post-1992s on amendments to instruments and articles; advising higher education institutions on contracts for academic and non-academic staff; advising on TUPE aspects of transfer of university; advising and acting in discrimination claims brought by members of staff; successful use of mediation in dismissal of senior member of administrative staff at higher education institution; advising on removal of senior staff; regular speaker at UHR National conference; tailored in-house training for clients.

Trained Tweedie & Prideaux, Lincoln Inn Fields; qualified 1987; solicitor Kennedys 1987-90; senior solicitor Mills & Reeve 1990-95; partner 1995.

University of Southampton (1983 LLB Hons Law).