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Employment - North West

2
Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Lewis Silkin supports household-name corporate employers from a range of sectors including the film and entertainment industry, transport and retail, to name a few, both nationally and internationally. The Manchester team advises on tribunal claims, industrial relation matters, boardroom-level disputes and workplace investigations. It has particular strength in defending discrimination and unfair dismissal claims and assisting with senior executive terminations.

Work Highlights

  • Lewis Silkin advised Gatekeeper on navigating a change to its operating model and contractual arrangement in the UK, changing its model from a self-employed contractor workforce to an employed model.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Sally Hulston
2
Sally Hulston
2
Band 2

Sally Hulston is head of the Manchester office. Her expertise is broad and includes conducting sensitive workplace investigations and senior executive terminations, as well as discrimination claims and substantial restructurings.

She is always readily available. Her advice is pragmatic and helpful.

Sally is a wonderful legal partner with whom to work. Her support has been excellent on a wide variety of topics and cases.

Sally Hulston offers an incredible level of client care and collaborative approach to service delivery. She is clearly a great leader of a cohesive, energetic and happy team.

Sally Hulston is very responsive and commercially pragmatic in her advice. She is focused on finding solutions.

Sally is just fantastic to work with on every level. She understands the business and has taken the time to really get to know our business and our team, which makes working with her so easy.

Bryn Doyle
5
Bryn Doyle
5
Band 5

Bryn Doyle is a very experienced employment lawyer based in Manchester. His focus spans employment and workforce-related work, and his work includes advising on TUPE implications, large-scale redundancies and company reorganisations, and employment tribunal litigation.

Bryn Doyle has always been excellent.

Bryn has a good reputation in the marketplace.

Carly Mather
5
Carly Mather
5
Band 5

Carly Mather has experience in supporting clients on both contentious and non-contentious matters. Her work includes senior executive terminations and trade union and industrial relations matters, as well as discrimination and whistle-blowing claims.

She is an excellent new employment partner. She is one to watch.

Carly was responsive, clear and extremely helpful.

I can rely on her to step into my role with full confidence that she will give great advice that’s grounded in the reality of my business.

Carly Mather is phenomenal. She has a sharp incisive ability to get to the heart of issues quickly. She is a lawyer who I want on my bench. I trust her to do it all.

Carly Mather is approachable and has an excellent communication style, making her very easy to work with.

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Employment

Sally Hulston
2
Sally Hulston
2
Band 2
Bryn Doyle
5
Bryn Doyle
5
Band 5
Carly Mather
5
Carly Mather
5
Band 5