Browne Jacobson LLP

Business and Professional Risk

Heather leads the employment law side of the firm’s successful education sector practice.  She is an Associate in the London’s employment team, having been at the firm for over eight years.  Heather has extensive experience in providing strategic advice to large Multi Academy Trusts on complex staffing matters.  She specialises in advice to senior teams on resolving high profile staffing matters as well as large scale restructures and representing her clients at the Employment Tribunal.

She speaks regularly at national conferences including those of the Association of School and College Leaders, Freedom and Autonomy for Schools – National Association, the National Association of School Business Management, Optimus and the Academies Finance Directors ‘Super 10’ forum

Heather, employment partner, has dedicated her 15 year career to advising schools and academies. She leads the education team's employment practice.

Her pragmatic style and experience as an Academy Governor herself means she works in partnership with boards and leadership teams to manage strategically and sensitively the most high stakes of cases.

Her areas of expertise include high profile employment matters, large scale restructures, managing industrial action, claims of sexual harassment against senior staff, complex race discrimination tribunal claims and advising on complex TUPE outsourcings (including the pensions implications).

Solicitor – admitted September 2009 LPC – Nottingham Law School LLB – Warwick University