Business Expertise
Sarah advises clients in a wide range of sectors on all day to day matters from handling difficult exits and internal grievances to providing strategic advice in relation to TUPE, redundancies and restructuring.
She has experience in helping clients with difficult industrial relations matters and regularly represent clients in the Employment Tribunal and Employment Appeal Tribunal. Sarah also has particular expertise in discrimination and equal pay and acted in the largest equal pay case in Scotland. She gives practical and commercial advice and keep the client's objectives at the forefront at all times. Sarah also has particular expertise in the education sector and regularly advises independent schools in relation to accessibility, discrimination issues and parental complaints.
Individuals & Families Expertise
Sarah regularly advises employee clients in relation to a wide range of issues. She gives practical and clear advice and is acutely aware of the need to balance costs with achieving the client's goals especially in complex matters. Sarah has particular expertise in advising senior executives particularly in relation to high value and complex exits.
Sarah advises employees and executives in relation to settlement agreements, unfair dismissal, redundancy, disciplinary and grievance, contractual disputes, whistleblowing, discrimination and equal pay. She appears on behalf of clients in the Employment Tribunal and Employment Appeal Tribunal and acts on behalf of 75,000 claimants in the largest equal pay case in Scotland.