SA Law LLP acts on behalf of a standout client base that includes major education institutions and professional sports club on a full range of complex, business-critical employment issues including discrimination claims. Chris Cook leads the team and is a key name for employment disputes and data protection issues. Beth Leng advises on senior executive matters, particularly within the financial services sector. Christine Caffrey is also noted and has strength advising charities, educational establishments and non-profit organisations.
Testimonials
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‘SA Law provide pragmatic, commercially grounded advice on all areas of employment law.’
‘Christine Caffrey is outstanding. She gets to the heart of complex issues easily and provides spot on advice. Her written drafting is also excellent. Above all, she always has the interests of her client at the foremost of her mind, and therefore provides pragmatic advice and representation’
‘I find the emploment team at SA Law are effective, hard-working and good at understanding the client’s position and particular needs. I regularly find myself recommending them to colleagues looking for a well-run firm. ’
‘I have worked in particular with Christine Caffrey who I rate as extremely thorough and hard-working. She is always thinking one step ahead about how the litigation might play out and what sort of preparation needs to come next. She is always responsive to queries and always keen to chat things over which I find more helpful than simply emailing back and forth. I know we are in safe hands when I am instructed by her. ’
‘SA Law work hard to build strong relationships with their clients. They have taken the time to get to know us and our business well. We can rely on Chris and his team to provide excellent advice and solutions for any matter that we may be dealing with. ’
‘Chris Cook is very knowledgeable, professional and easy to work with. He takes the time to listen and always provides superb advice. ’
‘Chris always offers friendly professional advise, helping us with an ongoing complex issue. He's always available at short notice and happy to help. ’
‘Beth Leng is a very sound technical lawyer. However, where she stands out is in her emotional intelligence and her tenacity in fighting for her client's interests. Beth always makes clients feel like she is on their side’
Key clients
- Watford Football Club Association
- Tring Park School for Performing Arts
- Boxmoor Trust
- Pangaea Laboratories Ltd
- St Paul’s Cathedral
- West London Mission
- Middlesex University
- De Paul UK
- Oaklands College
- Herts Mind Network
Work highlights
- Advised a housing association that supports vulnerable adults on claims of discrimination and unfair dismissal against a backdrop of a de-merger from its parent organisation.
- Advised Kane International on a discrimination claim brought by a former employee who was in breach of the restrictive covenants in their employment contract.
- Advised a London-based university widely respected for its approach to equality, diversity and inclusion, on claims of race, sex and age discrimination, victimisation, and harassment, addressing complex and sensitive legal issues relating to the highly topical subject of menopause in the workplace
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Chris Cook