Employment, pensions and benefits.

Trained Brodies LLP; qualified 2000; spent one year of traineeship dedicated to the employment unit. She went on to spend a period of time working in-house at The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, and acted as the in-house employment adviser when the centralised Human Resources Advisory Centre was set up in December 2001. In that role she supported the HR function in providing advice, guidance and support on disciplinary matters, sickness absence and performance management, grievances and dignity at work issues for over 100,000 staff across The Royal Bank of Scotland Group. She became a partner in May 2008. Lynne is accredited as a specialist is employment law by the Law Society of Scotland. She is a member of the Employment Lawyers Association. Lynne is also a lay member of the University of Stirling Court and is involved in a number of its committees including the discipline and appeals, appointments, remuneration, court efficacy and governance committees.

Lynne is accredited as a specialist in employment law by the Law Society of Scotland and is also an accredited mediator. She forges close working relationships with our team's clients and her commercial and straight-talking approach is welcomed by them. She works with clients in various sectors across the public and private sector in Scotland and the UK including public transport providers, universities, government bodies, investment firms and banks.

Lynne advises on all stages of the employment relationship from recruitment, through to termination and beyond. Her work is split between dispute resolution through employment tribunals and on advisory and non-contentious employment law. Lynne advises on equalities issues, business change, transfers and redundancies, industrial action, executive hiring and exits, investigations. She particularly enjoys working with HR professionals to support them on complex HR issues.