Thomas Pennington-Hare

Tom advises both employers and senior individuals on the full range of employment-related matters. He is recognised in Chambers UK as ‘first class’ and is noted for providing strategic, tailored advice on complex and sensitive matters.

Tom guides his employer clients, many of which are law firms, barristers’ chambers or financial services firms, on both day-to-day HR issues (such as tricky disciplinary and grievance matters, managing sickness absence and poor performance, terminations and settlement agreements) and larger-scale projects (such as restructurings, redundancy exercises, outsourcing arrangements and TUPE transfers).

Tom also regularly advises senior individuals who are at significant stages in their careers by assisting them to negotiate important contractual protections in their service agreements, guiding them through disciplinary and grievance processes, advising on post-termination restrictive covenants and providing legal and tactical advice on negotiated exits and settlement agreements.

Tom has extensive experience of Employment Tribunal litigation, in particular complex discrimination and whistleblowing matters, applications for interim relief and TUPE claims.