England - Yorkshire And The Humber • Employment
Irwin Mitchell
Irwin Mitchell has impressive capabilities across both advisory work and in defending Employment Tribunal cases, possessing specialist knowledge of the education, financial services, manufacturing, retail and consumer, technology, and private wealth sectors. The practice has also grown with the promotion of Padma Tadi-Booth to partner in May 2022, and she has a focus on specialist status issues, as well as an increased amount of work in major settlements and industrial relation mandates. Glenn Hayes heads the team in Leeds with a specialisation in restrictive covenants and all matters relating to senior level employees. He works alongside Jenny Arrowsmith, who leads in the practice’s noteworthy education sector work.
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Testimonials
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- 'We feel that the team at Irwin Mitchell keep us safe. Always on hand to answer a general query and there to guide us through some of the trickier elements that arise in education.'
- 'Our main contact is an employment specialist, but we know that any query sent will be passed on to colleagues in the relevant field.'
- 'Jenny Arrowsmith is personable, helpful and professional. She understands the challenges that are faced in the education sector and we do not need to explain too much as she has normally come across a similar issue before.'
- 'Glenn Hayes' team give sound and timely advice, always remaining professional and are just an extension of our HR team.'
Key clients
- Amino Communications plc
- Association of Colleges
- Begbies Traynor Plc
- Capita PLC
- Cash Converters
- Costa Coffee
- DAS
- ERS Medical
- Floorbrite Group
- Firesprite Gaming
- Headway Group
- Henry Boot PLC
- Maher Limited
- MJ Gleeson plc
- New College Durham
- Newson Health Limited
- North Huddersfield Trust School
- Overgate Hospice
- Premex Services Limited
- Pure Gym
- Westfield Health
Work highlights
- Advised a large number of Colleges on the impact of the Harpur Trust and Brazel holiday pay case for term-time workers.
- Advised Capita plc on a £6m ten day Employment Tribunal claim for whistleblowing and race discrimination.
- Advised a senior executive in the Formula 1 business and negotiated a six figure settlement to leave employment and a waiver of his restrictive covenants.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Glenn Hayes