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James Barratt

James Barratt

Stone King LLP, South West

Work Department

Employment Team

Position

James is an Associate Solicitor in the Employment Team and advises clients across the firm’s Education, Charity, Business and Private Client Sectors on a wide range of employment law issues. With a primary focus on the Education Sector, James advises large multi-academy trusts on issues such as discrimination, employee benefits, contentious employee exits, whistleblowing complaints, shared parental leave, some other substantial reason (SOSR) dismissals, safeguarding issues and relationship/ reputation management matters. He also drafts contracts, settlement agreements and policies.

He manages complex Employment Tribunal claims involving complaints such as whistleblowing, race/sex discrimination and constructive unfair dismissal.