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Eversheds Sutherland has one of the largest and most experienced UK employment teams in the market, with over 140 lawyers delivering high-quality, commercially focused advice across all areas of employment law. The firm supports clients on everything from day-to-day HR matters to complex, multijurisdictional projects involving employment, compensation, immigration and pensions. Their advice is pragmatic, user-friendly and grounded in a deep understanding of both legal frameworks and commercial realities. The team is known for its technical excellence and thought leadership, regularly publishing legal briefings, industry insights and horizon scanning updates. Whether advising on HR strategy, policy development, international expansion or contentious matters such as litigation and industrial action, Eversheds Sutherland provides seamless cross-border support. As part of a top ten global law firm, the team combines local expertise with global reach.

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Employment - North East

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Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Eversheds Sutherland has a strong reputation for its employment expertise. It has an impressive client base in the public sector, particularly with regard to local government, education and healthcare entities. The team advises on the employment aspects of business immigration and pension matters. Its lawyers are also well known for their tribunal expertise, especially in cases concerning dismissals, discrimination and pay claims. Eversheds Sutherland offers valuable strategic advice for national and international clients in the energy, manufacturing and retail sectors, among others.

Work Highlights

  • Eversheds Sutherland successfully defended Nestlé UK against race discrimination claims which progressed to full hearing in the Employment Tribunal.

Strengths

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Eversheds Sutherland always prepares my instructions in plenty of time and deals with correspondence quickly and efficiently.

Employment respondent
UK

Eversheds Sutherland has a great team of experts that can handle any query.

Employment respondent
UK

I would be very confident that the team at Eversheds Sutherland has the mix of experience, strength and depth to support complex matters.

Employment respondent
UK

Notable Practitioners

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Suzanne Caveney
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Suzanne Caveney
2
Band 2

Suzanne Caveney provides public and private sector employers with advice on complex equal pay and discrimination claims.

Suzanne is very adept at building and maintaining a high level of client rapport and trust.

Suzanne Caveney knows our business really well. She is approachable and most definitely unflappable.

Suzanne Caveney is very easy to deal with, very responsive, utterly pragmatic in her approach, commercially focused and straightforward.

I would want Suzanne on my side as a litigant.

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David Williams
David Williams
Star Associates

David Williams advises on both contentious and non-contentious matters. He has particular expertise in the financial services sector and is noted for his work for employers on the SMCR. He also has experience acting in discrimination claims or on matters involving sensitive allegations.

David is a fantastic lawyer: he is an expert in his field, with a sound grasp of the changing regulatory context.

David Williams is brilliant with clients, detailed, a good strategic litigator and very dependable.

David has a deep understanding of our objectives and is constantly focused on how to achieve them.

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Suzanne Caveney
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Suzanne Caveney
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Band 2
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David Williams
David Williams
Star Associates
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Diane Gilhooley

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