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Employment - Yorkshire: South and West

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Band 3

What the Team is Known For

Mills & Reeve in Leeds acts for renowned clients on contentious as well as non-contentious employment matters. The firm has notable in-house advocacy strength and regularly represents clients in whistle-blowing, disability discrimination and unfair dismissal claims, among others. It also advises clients on transactional, restructuring and redundancy mandates.

Work Highlights

  • Mills & Reeve represented Aspris LLC, the respondent, at an open preliminary hearing on the international and territorial jurisdiction of the Equality Act in the context of individual named respondents. The firm was successful in having the claims dismissed.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Rebecca Pallot
4
Band 4

Rebecca Pallot is a partner in the firm's employment team in Leeds. She specialises in supporting clients in the charities and health sectors with a range of employment issues, especially complex litigation involving whistle-blowing and discrimination, as well as TUPE issues and dispute resolution.

Rebecca is fantastic to work with. She's always helpful, very responsive and gives great advice, always with a smile.

She's sound, frank and responsive, with an excellent ethic on client management.

Rebecca is very commercially savvy and really great with complex stuff. She goes the extra mile and is a fantastic problem solver.

Rebecca is really responsive and she makes the advice really understandable.

She's always quick to respond, really pragmatic in her advice, and advises on risks and options rather than repeating the law.

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Stuart Craig
4
Band 4

Stuart Craig is a partner at the firm based in Leeds. He regularly handles complex claims before the Employment Tribunal and is also adept at advising on restructuring and redundancy exercises. He has notable experience advising public sector clients and clients in the health and care sectors.

James Farodjollahi
Associates to watch

James Farodjollahi assists companies with the drafting and negotiation of contracts and settlement agreements. He also defends employers in employment tribunal claims.

James is personable and able to talk through to clarify issues.

James is very hard-working and always very client-focused. He gets on well with everyone and has lots of energy.

James is always responsive, down to earth, practical and knowledgeable.

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Rebecca Pallot
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Stuart Craig
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Band 4
James Farodjollahi
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