Department profile
Irwin Mitchell

Employment

UK Guide 2026 : The South


Irwin Mitchell

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Provided by Irwin Mitchell

The employment team based in Gatwick forms part of Irwin Mitchell’s wider Southern and National Employment Teams. Irwin Mitchell offers an impressive national employment practice which was named ‘Employment Law Firm of the Year’ at the Personnel Today awards in 2022.

We boast a diverse employment law offering and support a range of individuals and employers of different sizes from different sectors.

We adapt quickly to provide strategic advice on legal developments and changes.

In the South, we are best known for:

  • Leading the industry by example by providing timely, relevant, and strategic advice and updates on legal developments, changes and trends. We regularly publish articles on current issues.
  • Supporting clients with a broad range of complex employment matters from immigration, regulatory, safeguarding, education, commercial and pension teams which is unusual outside of London.
  • Advice on restructures, policies, TUPE, employee consultations, restrictive covenants as well as providing employment support in connection with corporate works (including mergers and acquisitions).
  • Our successful track record in the Employment Tribunal and Employment Appeal Tribunal and Court of Appeal, including successful costs applications and positive commercial settlements.

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