Joseph Lappin > Stewarts Law LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Stewarts Law LLP Offices
5 NEW STREET SQUARE
LONDON
EC4A 3BF
England
- Firm Profile
- Go to...
Joseph Lappin
Work Department
Position
Partner and Head of Employment
Joseph advises on all aspects of employment law and people issues with a particular focus on resolving workplace disputes and exit negotiations.
oe’s clients include senior executives, partners, board directors, sportspersons and athletes.
His practice includes advice to employees on a broad range of employment and HR issues in both company and LLP contexts, often complex in nature. This work covers grievance and disciplinary investigations, unfair dismissal, discrimination complaints, whistleblowing, contract disputes, the negotiation of exit terms (including settlement agreements), and post-dismissal issues (including breaches of post-termination restrictions and enforcement).
Joe advises directors on their duties, appointments and exits.
He also advises employers. Joe’s work for employers covers both contentious and non-contentious issues, including providing HR advisory services, and drafting employment contracts and HR policies.
Acting for individuals and organisations allows Joe to develop a deep understanding of the issues affecting both sides of a dispute.
Joe has particular expertise in Employment Tribunal litigation, providing assistance to claimants and respondents at all stages.
Career
Joseph gained his undergraduate degree in Economic History from Bristol University before obtaining his LLB at the University of Law.
He qualified as a solicitor at Penningtons Manches Cooper, a top 50 law firm, in 2014. Prior to qualifying as a solicitor, Joseph completed a graduate scheme in Human Resources Management at KPMG.
Joseph returned to KPMG’s employment law team as a solicitor in 2015 before joining Stewarts’ employment practice in February 2017. He was promoted to Partner in July 2019.
Memberships
- Member of the Employment Lawyers Association.
- Member of the International Forum of Senior Executive Advisers (IFSEA)
Personal
Joseph is a keen sportsman. Despite a long list of injuries and his age he represents a football team in the Southern Amateur League.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Employment > Senior executives
Specialising in the financial services and banking sectors, Stewarts Law LLP advises a wide range of senior executives. Joseph Lappin handles high-profile and complex whistleblowing cases. The team more broadly acts in a broad range of sex, age, race and disability discrimination claims, often regarding neurodiversity and mental health. Charlie Thompson advises on reshuffling.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Private client > Family
- Dispute resolution > Group litigation: Claimant
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
- Transport > Travel
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Insurance > Insurance litigation: for policyholders
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Employment > Senior executives
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Dispute resolution > Public international law