Employment Law

Humphries Kirk has an expert employment team able to advise upon and offer solutions to a wide variety of employment related matters.

Experience and Expertise

The team is comprised of James Selby Bennett, Darrell Stuart-Smith, Caroline Carretta and Victoria Pearson, Partners of the firm who all have a wide breadth of commercial knowledge and experience, Robert Wood an experienced commercial litigation lawyer, Audrey Spencer who is a specialist employment solicitor with a Human Resources background and Louise Rowsell, the latest specialist to join the team.

Why Come to Us?

We offer a breadth of experience and expertise in relation to all employment related matters and wider commercial issues. We offer an advisory service to HR Managers providing guidance and a practical approach to employment law.

We maintain close links with a specialist employment barristers’ Chambers in order to give our clients a definitive opinion as to their prospects of success in any potential Employment Tribunal claim.

Keeping Up to Date

We keep up to date with the changes in employment law and guidance from Government Agencies.

Type of Work

We undertake all kinds of employment related work from drafting and updating contracts of employment to drafting letters and advising on the statutory dispute resolution procedures, compromise agreements, TUPE advice, Redundancy advice, managing Employment Tribunal claims and much more. Employment law is a complex area.

Humphries Kirk’s dedicated team will help you through the complexity of employment issues, including the following specialities:

  • Unfair Dismissal
  • Disciplinary Procedures
  • Transfers
  • Discrimination
  • Company Restructuring
  • Self Employment & Consultancy
  • Compromise Agreements
  • Data Protection
  • Redundancy
  • TUPE Regulations
  • Contracts of Employment
  • Information Technology

For further information about employment law contact our commercial team or take a look at the employment section starting on page 18 of our 'Legal Handbook':

Dorchester - 01305 230 707 or email at dorchester@hklaw.eu

Poole - 01202 802 332 or email at poole@hklaw.eu

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