Irwin Mitchell‘s full-service practice has noted capabilities in high-value and complex tribunal claims while also providing clients with day-to-day employee relations advice, such as technical advice around holiday pay, immigration issues, and IR35 mandates. Team head Jenny Arrowsmith also leads the specialist national education sector team; she advises on strategic issues impacting the sector. Padma Tadi-Booth heads up the commercial employment offering in Leeds and specialises in both contentious and non-contentious employment and business immigration matters.

Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘The team are knowledgeable and takes the time to understand our particular needs.’

  • ‘Padma Tadi-Booth is excellent. She is always quick to come back with advice.'

  • ‘The team is polite, focused, and keen to assist with issues, and they always get back to me promptly.'

  • ‘As well as exceptional employment knowledge, they turn this into pragmatic commercial advice.'

  • ‘Padma Tadi-Booth is very informative, helpful, and practical in supporting clients, whatever the situation.'

Key clients

  • Association of Colleges
  • Capita PLC
  • Colosseum Dental
  • Costa Coffee
  • DAS
  • ERS Medical
  • Ed Lounge Limited
  • Rose Learning Trust
  • Headway Group (National Brain Injury Association)
  • Bradford College
  • Henry Boot PLC
  • Maher Limited
  • McArthur Glen
  • MJ Gleeson plc
  • Newson Health Limited
  • North Huddersfield Trust School
  • Overgate Hospice
  • Premex Services Limited
  • Pure Gym
  • Westfield Health
  • Wingstop

Work highlights

  • Advised over 350 employees working for a large public sector employer on the terms and effect of their settlement agreements over the space of three months.
  • Supporting the Association of Colleges and its members on an employment law helpline and advising multiple colleges on trade union disputes, holiday pay and other issues.
  • Successfully defended a complex maternity discrimination claim.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Padma Tadi-Booth, Jenny Arrowsmith