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Employment - South West
What the Team is Known For
Kitson Boyce advises a variety of clients on a range of contentious and non-contentious employment matters. Its lawyers act for clients in the construction, transport, leisure and healthcare sectors. The firm offers support on the employment aspects of corporate transactions, restructurings and large redundancies. The team possesses further strength advising on claims brought before the Employment Tribunal and on senior executive departures.
Strengths
They handled both sensitive and complex matters with ease, which was very reassuring.
They made the advice easy to understand and commercially realistic with extremely quick turnaround times.
Their advice and guidance is always driven by the best commercial outcomes being front of mind.
Notable practitioners
Jayme Nicholson is based in the firm's Exeter office. She excels in advising clients on a wide array of employment and HR matters, including policy and contract changes, grievance and disciplinary processes, and discrimination claims.
She's pragmatic, solution-focused and excellent at getting her client where they want to be.
Jayme is a great solicitor who is down to earth and gives strong, clear advice.
Jayme is superb - responsive and great to work with.
Rhodri Davey has notable experience handling contentious matters involving whistle-blowing and discrimination claims as well as compliance investigations. He is Kitson Boyce's managing partner and is based in the firm's Plymouth office.
He never fails to understand the situation and provide credible, achievable solutions.
Rhodri gives clear advice that underpins a robust commercial position in negotiations.
Rhodri is a god - he knows his stuff and is always pragmatic and commercial.