Chambers Review
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Employment - North West
What the Team is Known For
Bramhalls Solicitors is a specialist employment law firm based on the Wirral. Its client base is broad and includes medium-sized and large employers operating in areas such as higher education, retail, and food and drink. The team has significant experience defending employment tribunal claims, including those relating to whistle-blowing and discrimination. The lawyers also regularly assist clients with non-contentious matters including workforce restructuring.
Strengths
They react to our needs in a timely manner, with great service and professionalism. They always offer professional and measured advice, no matter the complexity of the issue.
Bramhalls provide a professional service which feels tailored to each industry's needs. They understand the challenges that businesses face in the marketplace and commercially.
They are a small firm with intimate knowledge of my business, providing bespoke advice that takes into account the cultural intricacies. Risks can be better evaluated with this understanding.
Bramhalls is big enough to offer pragmatic, commercial advice but small enough to care. When I pick up the phone I feel confident whoever answers will know and care about our business.
Bramhalls are practical, responsive, results-oriented, creative and pragmatic. They have a clear grasp of the issues; they get to the bottom of the issue quickly.
Work Highlights
Bramhalls Solicitors advised an employer in the education sector on a potential unlawful deductions and breach of contract claim, involving negotiations with a trade union.
Notable practitioners
Philip Bramhall is the managing director of Bramhalls Solicitors. He acts for employers in industrial disputes and has further strength advising on board-level matters and senior-level work. He also acts in discrimination and unfair dismissal claims.
Phil's advice is pragmatic and sensible always, and he has supported us with some of our really complex cases.
He is a great partner to our business.
Philip Bramhall provides clear guidance and manages to question and challenge in a supportive and effective manner to ensure we reach a commercially sound decision.
Philip Bramhall offers a fantastic service. He is professional, knowledgeable and timely.
He has a wealth and breadth of experience in law as well as business. His pragmatic approach is what sets him apart from other lawyers.
Helen Owen is a well-regarded employment lawyer who advises private and public sector employers. She acts on a range of employment matters, such as day-to day legal and HR issues, equal pay litigation and various types of discrimination claims.
She offers clear advice and an understanding of our business.
Helen Owen is very responsive, providing great advice and guidance on how to look to resolve issues.
Helen is great to work with; she offers a responsive service combined with pragmatic and commercial advice.
Helen Owen understands our team and questions us well to then provide really effective practical solutions and guidance to our issues. It is always really helpful to talk through issues with Helen.
Rehan Pasha is a very experienced employment practitioner. He represents clients on both the claimant and respondent sides, including HR individuals, with work involving redundancies, reorganisations and discrimination cases. He also handles TUPE-related matters.
Rehan Pasha has a wealth of knowledge. He's supported us well. He's provided pragmatic solutions to complex matters. He has a very engaging manner which helps to build trust across the team.
Rehan Pasha is an excellent individual to work with. He is very responsive and always gets to the heart of the matter quickly and purposefully. He provides practical solutions to problems.
Rehan is always attentive. He listens carefully and checks before providing advice. He has advised on a huge number of cases ranging in complexity and is well respected by our team.
This guy is amazing. I have no other words; we love working with him.