England - Yorkshire And The Humber • Employment

Mills & Reeve LLP

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Mills & Reeve LLP's employment department leverages the sector strengths of the firm in healthcare, education, and the public sector to bear on the local market, with capabilities across Employment Tribunal disputes, transactional work, and industrial relations. The firm’s offering in healthcare has been bolstered by the promotion of industry-specialist Rebecca Pallot to partner, working alongside the ‘experienced, pragmatic, easy to work with and unflappable’ Stuart Craig, who heads the team with expertise in disputes. The team is also able to employ its ‘commercial sensitivities’ to assist corporate clients in their employment mandates.

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Testimonials

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  • 'Amazingly pragmatic advice which takes into account how you operate as a client and internal risk appetite. A good common sense approach, which is well-thought through and based on outcomes. The team have an excellent knowledge of the law and don't waste time by quoting it at you.'
  • 'Stuart Craig is experienced, pragmatic, easy to work with and unflappable. Couldn't recommend him highly enough.'
  • 'The employment team at Mills & Reeve is an outstanding group of people to work with. The team as a whole demonstrate that, in addition to in-depth legal knowledge, they understand the client's commercial sensitivities and are able to offer advice on the best strategy with that in mind.'
  • 'Rebecca Pallot is an outstanding lawyer. She has superb legal knowledge and a great understanding of the sensitivities in which many of her clients work. Her advice is always pragmatic and sound. Whenever I'm instructed by Rebecca on a case, I'm left thinking she probably couldn't have done a better job! She is certainly someone you would want in your corner in an employment dispute.'
  • 'Approachable, accessible and knowledgeable.'
  • 'Pragmatic and solutions focused.'
  • 'They offer advice that is easy to understand, straightforward and really helpful. The team act efficiently and within agreed timescales.'
  • 'Stuart Craig has a deep understanding of all aspects of employment law aspects. I hugely respect him for his penetrating analysis, sound judgment and good strategic sense. The outstanding choice for advice in this area in the region and beyond.'

Key clients

  • HM Land Registry
  • Rema Tip Top Industry UK Limited
  • Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust
  • Leeds & York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
  • Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
  • University of Bradford
  • The Prince’s Trust
  • The Children’s Trust
  • VetPartners Limited
  • University of Hull
  • Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
  • NHS England

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Stuart Craig

Other key lawyers

Rebecca Pallot