Paris Smith LLP

Employment Law

LLP Partner

I deal with all aspects of the employment and working relationship with a particular focus on:

director and senior employee exits (advising both employers and employees); restrictive covenant and breach of confidentiality actions; discrimination complaints; whistleblowing complaints; complex and high value settlement agreements; Mediation; employment tribunal claims and advocacy; working issues relating to people who are not employees (self-employed, partners, consultants, LLP members); and training on employment law issues.

As well as pure employment law issues I regularly get involved in:

confidentiality and restrictive covenant actions in the High Court, often in conjunction with our Dispute Resolution team; shareholder/director disputes; partnership disputes.

I am a qualified ADR Mediator and have been involved in numerous high value mediations.

I am known for coming up with creative solutions to legal issues and will often be engaged by clients to formulate exit strategies or where a second opinion is being sought.

I will provide practical and no-nonsense options for the resolution of issues in the working relationship.

As an advocate I have appeared in employment tribunals all over the country including in wales and Scotland.

I am a regular speaker at employment law conferences and have appeared on television and radio commenting on topical employment law issues.