Employees – Discrimination, Harassment, Claims, Dismissal, Redundancy – Employment Law Solicitor Newry
We offer a free initial interview to people needing advice on their employment position.
What are my employment rights? How do I enforce my employment rights? What is my position? Should I appeal this decision? Can I be reinstated? What pay or severance am I entitled to? Am I entitled to compensation?
Employment related issues to include:
- Employment contracts and policies
- Bullying and harassment in the workplace
- Sexual harassment
- Industrial Tribunals
- Equal pay issues
- Disciplinary proceedings
- Grievance proceedings
- Unfair or constructive dismissals
- Disability, age, race, religious and sex discrimination
- Redundancy
- Compromise agreements
- And more besides.
OUR SKILLS COVER A BROAD RANGE OF MATTERS, INCLUDING:
The Employment Unit is dedicated to advising employees, including directors and senior executives, on all employment-related issues, ranging from advice on their terms of engagement to tribunal claims and representation at tribunal hearings.
The work we do includes:
- Advising on employment contracts and directors’ service agreements, including post-termination restrictions.
- Advising and representing individuals in tribunal claims covering all areas of employment law including unfair, wrongful or constructive dismissal, redundancy and all types of discrimination.
- Advising employees on the employment implications of corporate transactions (including transfers of undertakings).
- Advising individuals on their rights and duties as employees.
- Advising individuals on proposed changes to their contracts of employment.
- Providing group advice to employees being made redundant or dismissed following the sale or transfer of a business or company.
- Advising and negotiating on severance packages and on the terms and effect of signing compromise agreements.
We advise on compromise agreements. This will cover the time spent giving independent legal advice on the terms of the agreement, in advising briefly on the potential claims you may have and dealing with the formalities associated with signature of the agreement. This fee (or at least part of it) will often be paid by the employer as part of the deal. If you ask us we can get involved in negotiating an improved compensation package, or different wording for the agreement, or to provide detailed advice on the prospects of success of your potential claims and likely compensation.
We to offer you an initial fee interview to discuss your case. This will cover the cost of a half hour consultation on the merits of your case. If this might be of interest to you, please contact Kevin Neary in or Newry office
Before we can advise or act for you in any matter we need to be sure that we do not have a conflict of interest, for example, that we do not already act for your employer. So, at the outset we will ask for your name, the name of your employer, your contact details and a brief summary of your query. Please contact us to provide this information if you would like us to consider your case.
Check your household, credit card, private healthcare and personal accident insurance policies. You may be pleasantly surprised to discover that you have insurance which will cover the cost of you bringing a tribunal claim. You have the right to choose your own solicitor even though your insurer may try to insist on a solicitor from their own panel. For no extra fee, we would be happy to look at your insurance policies to find out whether you are covered and to determine the extent of that cover.
Licensed to practice in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland
A vital extra dimension to all these services is that, since we are licensed to practice in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, we are uniquely placed to advise the increasing number of businesses choosing to pursue commercial projects on both sides of the border.
Being licensed to practice in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, we provide high-quality, all-Ireland legal services to business. Our Strategic location in the city of Newry near the border and within easy reach of Belfast and Dublin also offers obvious advantages.
HOW CAN A SOLICITOR HELP? (DISPUTE RESOLUTION SOLICITOR Newry)
A solicitor can provide advice about the mediation process – for instance, he or she can help you to decide if mediation is suitable for your dispute, and can refer you to a mediator. A solicitor can also provide legal advice during the mediation, and explain the options if you cannot reach a solution. In some cases, your solicitor may accompany you and speak for you during the mediation.
Some mediators are solicitors. Solicitor mediators have the benefit of both legal and mediation training, and they are highly regulated. Solicitor mediators usually specialise in commercial/civil or family mediation.
Yes: you should get confirmation from the mediator about how much mediation costs will be. If you are using mediation in a divorce or relationship breakdown, you may be eligible for public funding.
Straightforward disputes may be resolved in a single mediation session of up to three hours, but more complicated cases or those where a large amount of money is at stake can take a week or more.
Family mediations typically involve three to five sessions, each lasting 60 – 90 minutes, over a period of two to three months.
The mediator cannot impose a decision on the parties, but a civil/commercial mediated solution is binding on all parties once they have all signed the written record (which is usually prepared by the solicitors).
The solution in a family mediation has to be turned into a court order in order to be binding. This is usually done by your solicitors, with your agreement.
No. Judges expect people to attempt to resolve their case before the court hears it, and will ask you if you have done so. Mediation is conducted on a ‘without prejudice’ basis which generally means that anything discussed in the mediation cannot be referred to in court, although the parties will of course be aware of what has been revealed.
YOUR TEAM
Biography coming soon
Michael graduated in law with LLB Hons from Queens University Belfast in 1985 He works with JPHLAW as well as being the Principal of Campbell & Grant in Newry.
Michael’s legal expertise includes conveyancing, criminal law, commercial property acquisition, sales development, residential property development, licensing, planning, trusts, inheritance tax, wills and estates both in Northern Ireland and in the Republic of Ireland.
