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Employment - East Anglia

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What the Team is Known For

Mills & Reeve has a highly regarded employment team and is a top choice for clients in both the public and private sectors. The firm is well known for its work with clients in education, healthcare, agribusiness and the region's growth-stage business environment. Its lawyers assist with a full range of contentious and non-contentious employment issues. Its East Anglia employment practice is based across offices in Cambridge and Norwich.

Work Highlights

  • Mills & Reeve represented a large healthcare provider in the East of England in disability discrimination proceedings brought by a former employee. The firm assisted in preparing for a two-day remedy hearing concerning the remaining allegations and successfully limited the scope of the claim.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Tracy Yates
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Senior Statespeople

Tracy Yates advises clients on employment-based immigration. She is a consultant to the firm and is based in Mills & Reeve's Norwich office.

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David Mills
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Cambridge-based David Mills is head of Mills & Reeve's national employment team. He handles a variety of employment work, including workforce restructures and board-level disputes. He has particular experience in advising technology and manufacturing clients.

David is an extremely helpful and competent lawyer who has a detailed understanding of our needs.

David is a visionary.

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James Kidd
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James Kidd has expertise in handling senior exits and employment tribunal claims, with particular experience acting for clients in the life sciences, agribusiness and tech sectors. He is based in Mills & Reeve's Norwich office.

James is a highly respected leader within the organisation and a highly regarded lawyer to his clients.

James is a great talent and provides exceptional service.

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Nicola Brown
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Nicola Brown is particularly recommended for her expertise in the higher education and charity sectors. She is skilled at handling contentious and non-contentious work, and has extensive experience of senior staffing, discrimination and equality issues for public sector clients, as well as contractual and disciplinary matters.

Nicola has very strong client focus and provides a very knowledgeable and responsive service, which we value greatly.

Nicola always demonstrates a really good understanding of our organisation when giving advice.

Kate Ledwidge
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Kate Ledwidge is a principal associate in Mills & Reeve's Norwich office. She has experience acting on a wide range of issues, including sensitive senior exits and business reorganisations.

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Tracy Yates
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David Mills
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James Kidd
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Nicola Brown
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Kate Ledwidge
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