About
Kelly helps clients to manage their workforces effectively. She advises on strategic employment issues and decisions, from hiring to firing, and everything in between. With a business background, Kelly has the insight necessary to provide commercial solutions to employers, helping them to run their businesses efficiently and to resolve employment disputes quickly. Kelly can provide day-to-day HR support and guidance on issues such as redundancy, disciplinary and grievance matters, flexible working, contracts, policies and handbooks, to name a few. She deals with settlement negotiations, Employment Tribunal claims (including unfair dismissal, discrimination and whistleblowing) and more complex issues such as restrictive covenants, misuse of confidential information and business transfers/ TUPE. She also advises individuals and senior executives on disputes with their employers.
Kelly is admitted to practise in England and Wales.
Kelly is admitted to practise in England and Wales.
Experience
- Securing an injunction against a former employee on behalf of an insurance sector client in a team move case.
- Advising a large client in the fast food industry on an ongoing basis in respect of day-to-day employee issues, specific projects and tribunal litigation.
- Successfully defending an unfair dismissal claim in the Employment Tribunal on behalf of a large manufacturing client.
- Negotiating a substantial settlement for an individual in a whistleblowing and unfair dismissal case.
- Securing a favourable commercial settlement for a recruitment company threatened with an injunction in a team move case.
