Caroline Field

Practice Areas

Caroline specialises in dispute resolution, with a focus on high value and sensitive partnership and employment (executive and shareholder) disputes. She advises firms, partners, senior executives and employers across a variety of sectors, particularly professional services, financial services and insurance. She regularly advises firms and partners on exit and expulsion issues, including in relation to partner misconduct, performance issues, discrimination, whistleblowing and exercise of discretion in relation to profit share, leaver provisions and carried interest. She also has significant experience advising executives and employers on termination of employment, bonus disputes, employee wrongdoing and whistleblowing. She has a particular interest in employee and partner competition issues, regularly advises on team moves, conspiracy and inducement allegations, alleged breaches of restrictive covenants and fiduciary duties and misuse of confidential information. She has obtained and defended injunctions for business protection. With experience acting for employers/firms (claimant and recruiting) and employees/partners, she offers a unique perspective and understanding of the pressures facing both sides.

Caroline has led significant claims in the Employment Tribunal, Employment Appeal Tribunal, High Court and appeal courts, as well as through alternative dispute resolution (mediation, arbitration and expert determination).

Career

Walker Morris’ commercial dispute resolution team between 2005 and 2011. Joined Fox in June 2011 and became a partner in 2017. In 2018 she appeared in Management Today’s 35 Women under 35 list.

Professional Memberships

Committee member of the London Solicitors Litigation Association, Association of Partnership Practitioners and member of the Employment Law Association.

Publications

Caroline has written numerous articles on partnership and employment law, and been quoted in national press. Caroline co-authored a chapter: “Partner Retirement in Law Firms: Strategies for Partners, Law Firms and Other Professional Services”, has been interviewed on radio and television and has featured on Fox’s own podcast, “Foxed?”.