Chambers Review
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Employment - North East
What the Team is Known For
Hay & Kilner handles a wide range of employment issues, including staff grievance and disciplinary matters, workforce restructuring and TUPE, and discrimination claims and senior exits. The team is commended for its HR training plans, which are created for managers of employer clients and tailored for each in-house team. The team serves clients across a range of sectors including healthcare, charity and manufacturing.
Strengths
Hay & Kilner always respond in a timely manner, and the lawyers have always been available when we have needed them.
The employment team at Hay & Kilner are very good at providing clear and actionable employment law advice while balancing the real-world commercial needs of a complex business.
Hay & Kilner have a strong team dynamic. We are always made to feel comfortable with any of the employment team.
Hay & Kilner's response times are fantastic.
Work Highlights
Hay & Kilner provided tailored sexual harassment training to the British Board of Film Classification in response to changes to the law in October 2024.
Notable practitioners
Sarah Furness has a comprehensive employment practice advising clients on contentious and non-contentious mandates. She frequently advises on matters such as redundancies, TUPE, and disciplinaries and grievances, as well as providing support in regard to HR and training.
Sarah has continued to offer excellent support to our company. She knows our business well and is able to deal with any issues confidently.
Sarah Furness is amazing. Always willing to support, she gives open and honest advice and always listens to my thoughts and opinions.
Sarah Furness is very responsive to our needs. We need clear and concise advice and this is exactly what is provided.
Sarah Furness is very knowledgeable in her field and engaging in how she delivers updates and challenges to the HR community.
Sarah Hall is a well-regarded employment lawyer whose practice focuses on representing predominantly employer clients in day-to-day HR matters, TUPE and reorganisations. She also provides clients with support on more sensitive issues, including disciplinaries and discrimination.
Sarah is a very easy person to work with, and her advice is always very considered.
Sarah Hall is balanced, well informed and commercially astute.
Sarah is a very dependable and knowledgeable partner at Hay & Kilner. She is clearly an expert in her field.
Sarah is fantastic at quickly understanding any issues the business is facing in order to offer timely support and guidance.