Our Disputes Team has been involved in a number of high-profile claims and cases. Highlights include:
- Advising and representing the respondent company, majority shareholder and Managing Director of an SME client in relation to suspected fraudulent activity by two Director shareholders of the business. Also defending a subsequent claim of constructive dismissal and raising a counterclaim in the Employment Tribunal
- Advising on threatened industrial action at a factory considering the closure of its UK business
- Involvement in High Court litigation and negotiations concerning the enforceability of restrictions in the financial services sector
- Working on behalf of a client to obtain court undertakings from ex-employees who were intending to set up in competition and soliciting clients in breach of restrictive covenants
- Advising an agricultural client on complex claims relating to a family dispute. This included employment tribunal proceedings for unfair dismissal and whistleblowing, claims for non-molestation injunctions (discharged with costs ordered against the other party) and associated possession proceedings
- Successfully defending an employer from a high-value race discrimination claim by its ex-HR Director
- Successfully defending an employer against whistleblowing and discrimination claims by two employees