UK Guide 2026 : North West
Ranked Individual
Provided by Hill Dickinson LLP
Employment law is constantly evolving and we know how difficult it can be for organisations to keep up with the frequent changes. Whether advising an owner, manager, HR professional or in-house lawyer, our employment team provides cost-effective, tailor-made solutions designed to meet clients’ commercial objectives.
Our employment team can be a single point of contact for your firm in any employment law or HR matter. We provide advice and strategic guidance on the full range of commercial employment law services, including:
Many of our employment lawyers are experienced advocates who regularly appear on behalf of clients in the Employment Tribunal, the Employment Appeal Tribunal and the Civil Courts. We provide our clients with more than just solutions to their employment law and HR issues, we offer:
We also produce regular email bulletins and articles and host a number of events and training session each year, designed to keep clients up-to-date with developments in employment law.
Our clients
We advise both public and private sector organisations on contentious and non-contentious issues. Acting as an extension of your own team, we work with:
Provided by Chambers
Hill Dickinson acts for large NHS and education employers, as well as corporate bodies, based in the North West and throughout the UK. The firm handles advisory work concerning TUPE, redundancy and restrictive covenant issues, as well as negotiation of senior exits and discrimination cases. Hill Dickinson has a strong contentious arm offering in-house advocacy in employment tribunal proceedings and experience with High Court litigation.
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Hill Dickinson successfully defended CPM UK in an employment tribunal case regarding claims by R Medany of unfair dismissal, failure to make reasonable adjustments, harassment on the grounds of disability and direct disability discrimination.
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There is a wide variety of skills across the Hill Dickinson team to ensure queries are dealt with by the appropriate expert. The team are very knowledgeable, very responsive and communicate well.
Hill Dickinson offer very prompt responses and clear and considered advice. They have a good understanding of our organisation and its history.
They provide robust advice, with a clear rationale behind it; they often provide case law to support the advice. Their approach is incredibly reassuring.
The firm offers attention to detail and excellent customer service: they're always supportive. They have always been responsive to everything we ask, and the service levels have always been excellent.
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Kerstie Skeaping is an experienced employment lawyer based in Liverpool. She acts for both employers and employees in claims surrounding equal pay, breach of contract, discrimination and unfair dismissal. She also has experience of TUPE matters.
Kerstie is a really good lawyer.
Employment
Provided by Hill Dickinson LLP
Luke Green
Michael Wright
Suzanne Nulty
David Parry
Caroline Prosser
Kerstie Skeaping
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