Doyle Clayton

Employment

Partner and Head of Thames Valley Office

Kate represents and advises both employers and employees on a full range of contentious and non-contentious employment related issues. She also has extensive experience in negotiating sensitive and high value exits and also provides day to day advice for many of the firm’s corporate clients within a broad range of industries including in respect of disciplinary and grievance procedures, performance management, complex long-term sickness absences, business restructuring and reorganisation and settlement agreements. Kate regularly acts for clients within the financial, technology and manufacturing industries. Kate also heads up the team responsible for advising the firm’s network of franchise clients and provides day to day advice to these clients on all aspects of workplace employment law.

Although Kate is a mentor to those in the Thames Valley litigation team in respect of all litigation, her personal focus is in respect of complex discrimination, equal pay and whistleblowing claims. Kate also undertakes High Court Injunction work and has experience in respect of committal proceedings. Her cases typically involve complex points of fact or law and those with particular reputational/financial importance for clients.

In addition, Kate regularly conducts independent workplace investigations and reviews for employers into complex, sensitive and high profile employment issues. Recent investigations have involved allegations of bullying, sexual harassment and other forms of harassment at senior level.

Kate also runs many bespoke seminars and training sessions for clients. Over the last year, many of these have been delivered remotely via Teams, to groups of HR professionals and managers.

Chartered Legal Executive.

English

Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives) Employment Lawyers Association (ELA)