Heminsley

Heminsley advises companies on a wide range of people risks from employment law to bribery and corruption. In addition to undertaking general employment work and employment litigation, as a partner led business the firm tends to focus on strategic, complex and high-risk issues from whistleblowing and complex discrimination cases to IR35, bonus claims and the enforcement of restrictive covenants.

Heminsley's approach is to provide risk analysis and solutions to help clients achieve their business aims rather than to advise on what the law says.This approach is supported by client feedback such as ‘[Heminsley] lawyers don’t give ’50/50 you decide’ advice but will get off the fence and look at practical solutions to often difficult problems. Even though they’re small they’ll give much larger firms a run for their money – in part through their skills & their ability to see through fog’.

Heminsley is a ‘go to’ for other high profile law firms where instructions range from advising on or investigating sensitive internal issues to appointment by or on behalf of their clients as external independent investigators.

In addition to strategic advice, Heminsley has a very significant practice in undertaking complex independent investigations. Their work in this area ranges from examining multi-faceted allegations of discrimination and harassment through to VAT fraud, suspected theft, large-scale data breaches and cultural reviews.

Client feedback describes ‘a very sleek set up’, ‘a specialist niche practice…with a particular expertise in litigation and investigations’, ‘the best firm that I have worked with outside of London by a significant margin’, ‘innovative and personable’ and ‘a fantastic specialist employment firm, providing a brilliant service’.