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Employment - New Zealand
What the Team is Known For
Bell Gully maintains a distinguished employment practice, serving a blue-chip client base, particularly in employee matters connected with corporate transactions. The practice handles restructuring and redundancy issues, as well as industrial relations engagements, collective agreement negotiations, and health and safety matters. The firm fields a strong disputes practice, handling a range of claims, including unfair dismissal, discrimination and personal grievance. The team regularly acts on major procurement and contracting projects for public sector entities.
Strengths
I am consistently impressed by the team's robust coverage across various domains. Their depth of knowledge in employment, safety and government relations is exceptional.
I consider Bell Gully absolute experts in the employment field.
Work Highlights
Bell Gully represented the Chief Executive of the Department of Corrections in a litigation with a former corrections officer, who was dismissed for serious misconduct for incidents relating to inappropriate access to confidential prisoner records.
Notable practitioners
Elizabeth provided advice on a technical area that she navigated very well.
We highly value Liz Coats and her team for providing excellent service to our organisation.