Laurie Child

Practice Areas

Laurie is Counsel in the firm's Jersey Employment practice.

He is an employment law specialist and advise on the full range of employment disputes, restructuring processes, and statutory and contractual claims.

Laurie has particular experience of matters involving discrimination and collective employment issues. His work also includes commercial and employment data protection expertise, and advice on business licensing and immigration and mobility matters.

Career

Solicitor, England and Wales, 2012 (currently non-practising)

Professional Memberships

• Employment Lawyers Association

• Jersey Data Protection Association

Work Highlights

• Advising a fiduciary services provider on complex integration and restructure issues arising from a significant merger.

• Acting for an insurance business in defending a sensitive dismissal claim.

• Acting for a banking group and one of its investment managers in defending claims for disability and sex discrimination.

• Acting for an investment bank in defending a high value bonus claim.

• Advising a banking group on a substantial restructure of its Jersey business.

• Advising a public services provider on the successful resolution of a collective bargaining dispute in the context of a sensitive organisational change process.

• Acting for a banking group in defending a claim for age discrimination.