Employment 

A Law Firm For Life

You will probably never have attended a grievance, disciplinary or indeed an employment tribunal before, so it’s only natural you’ll be anxious about it, especially if it has followed a traumatic period at work.

Experts In Employment Law

Irwin Mitchell will support and advise you in relation to any difficulties you are experiencing with your employer. Should it be necessary for a case to be taken to tribunal our experienced team of employment tribunal litigators will support you in bringing tribunal proceedings.

Our specialist team of employment lawyers will carefully explain to you what is involved and will ensure that you are given the best advice and support from your initial contact with Irwin Mitchell to a successful conclusion.

Not all cases necessarily proceed to an employment tribunal. We can often advise you on the most cost effective, commercial and non contentious resolution to any difficulties you may be having with your employer.

Should your case need to proceed to an employment tribunal the Irwin Mitchell employment team have significant expertise in protecting the interests of employees. Over the years our employment tribunal team have acted for employees in many notable and reported cases.

Our employment team is experienced and well respected and we have been nominated for a number of awards to include client care.

If you are having difficulty with your employer and feel that you have been treated unfairly, or that you are being discriminated against, then please do not hesitate to contact us.

Costs - What You Can Expect

Whether your case is being funded by you or you have the support of a Legal Expense Insurer or a Trade Union you will find our approach to costs is fair and transparent.

If you are funding the case yourself our rates are fair and competitive. We offer a range of options which may help you to meet your legal fees.

If you are being asked to enter into a compromise agreement or severance terms, we can usually negotiate that all, or a substantial proportion of your fees are paid by your employer.

In the majority of cases each party bears there own costs in an employment tribunal. Generally, should your claim be unsuccessful in an employment tribunal then you will not be responsible for the other sides legal fees.

Working With Irwin Mitchell

Irwin Mitchell is one of the largest, most successful and respected law firms in the country. We offer expert legal support and guidance for individual clients and we are the law firm of choice for many financial institutions in providing legal services to their customer base.

We will undertake to provide you with clear, straight forward advice and a professional, proactive and caring service.

Many legal needs can be met as they arise, or planned for in advance. Others are harder to anticipate. Whatever the circumstances, our commitment to our clients is simple - a law firm for life.

Further Information About Our Employment Services

For an initial discussion, with no obligation, call 0870 1500 100, or send us an online enquiry.



Mental Nurse in Negligent Employment Dispute

Cathryn Selby acted for Mr Durah in pursing his solicitors for negligence in the handling of his employment dispute.

Mr Durah qualified as a mental nurse in September 2001 and began working for East London and the City Mental Health NHS Trust on 13 May 2002. During one particular shift Mr Durah and two other members of staff were required to restrain a patient. Following the incident the two other members of staff involved lodged a formal complaint against Mr Durah alleging that he had used unreasonable force. Despite discrepancies in the evidence and the fact that no questions were asked of the patient and no injuries being reported, Mr Durah was dismissed.

Following his dismissal, Mr Durah tried to obtain full-time work in an equivalent position but has been unable to do so despite being cleared of all charges by the Nursing and Midwifery Council.

Mr Durah instructed Greenlands solicitors to bring a claim for unfair dismissal at the Employment Tribunal. Unfortunately he lost his claim but Greenlands considered there to be a good chance of Mr Durah appealing this decision Unfortunately Greenlands missed the limitation date for lodging the appeal with the Employment Appeal Tribunal.

Cathryn successfully negotiated for the client the sum of £20,000 plus payment of his legal costs. This money represented Mr Durah’s lost opportunity to negotiate a settlement with the NHS Trust and to obtain a reference which would have enabled him to obtain employment. Mr Durah is delighted with the result.

We have lawyers with the expertise and experience needed to help you. Choose from the list below to learn more about our experts in this area.
Name Location Job Title Telephone
Matthew Brain Leeds Partner 0113 218 6443
Ed Cotton Manchester Partner 0870 1500 100
Fergal Dowling Birmingham Partner 0121 214 5476
Glenn Hayes Leeds Partner 0113 218 6484
John Hayes London Partner 0207 421 3971
Chris Piggott Birmingham Partner 0870 1500 100
Federico Pérez-Padilla Diaz-Castanys Malaga Associate +34 952 209 860
Francisco Garcia Malaga Solicitor + 34 952 209 860
Christopher Tutton London Solicitor 020 7421 3920

   



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