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Employment: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire

Capsticks LLP

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Capsticks LLP specialises in advising public sector clients on the full range of employment mandates, working across the healthcare, social care, emergency services, housing, and charities sectors. The firm has been particularly active in relation to various NHS Trusts, advising locally and nationally on a number of critical contentious and non-contentious matters. Co-head Rachael Heenan shares the public sector focus of the wider practice, regularly assisting health and social care clients on employment and governance issues. Heenan works alongside co-lead Alistair Kernohan, who advises clients across a range of sectors, including healthcare, the emergency services and police, local authorities, and charities.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Very experienced and down-to-earth. They really understand healthcare and the challenges that brings. They think strategically in employment relations cases and can explain complex legal arguments in simple terms.’

  • ‘Friendly and approachable. Rachael Heenan and Alistair Kernohan have provided excellent support to me on employment relations cases. Rachael gained the trust of my CEO in a particularly difficult case which made the process much easier.’

  • 'Worked with the team on a long-running case and the particular standout was their adaptability in light of feedback and the amount of time they dedicated to ensure we were kept properly (and promptly) informed throughout the case.'

  • 'Rachael Heenan is responsive and a reflective listener.'

  • 'Responsive and well informed regarding the nature of the healthcare sector, and they provide pragmatic advice.'

Key clients

  • Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust
  • Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust
  • Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust
  • NHS South West London ICB
  • Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust
  • Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
  • South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
  • The Chief Constable of Humberside Police
  • Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust

Work highlights

  • Supported Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust to enable the deployment of staff across the Integrated Care System, 'Joined Up Care Derbyshire'.
  • Advising an NHS Trust on mitigating the potential risk to patients following the short-notice stepping down of clinical activity of a local Children's Hospice.
  • Supported a police force in defending a multi-respondent claim for discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation and age, harassment, victimisation, flexible working, and unfair dismissal.

Lawyers

Leading individuals

Rachael Heenan

Capsticks LLP

Experience Rachael is Senior Partner at Capsticks. As well as leading the firm, she works with clients in the health and social care, regulatory and housing sectors on employment and governance issues as well as wider business strategy. In 2018 she was listed in The Lawyer Hot 100 for Firm Management. Expertise Rachael is best known for her extensive expertise in employment law and governance. Her practice includes handling high profile executive cases, major national organisational change, TUPE, and complex doctors’ issues. She has been described by a client as "the fount of all knowledge. She seems to be available 24 hours a day and the skills and expertise she has built over the years are second to none."

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Rachel Heenan, Alistair Kernohan

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