Unfair Dismissal

Protecting organisations and individuals in dismissal disputes.

Dismissals are one of the most common triggers for employment disputes. Our wrongful termination lawyers advise both employers and individuals on all aspects of dismissal procedures, ensuring they are fair, legally robust and proportionate. This approach reduces the risk of litigation, protects reputation and helps maintain a positive workplace culture.

Our expertise includes

Performance and absence-related dismissals
Redundancy exercises
Disciplinary procedures and investigations
TUPE transfers and dismissal-linked changes
Contractual changes and 'fire and rehire' processes
Collective consultation requirements

Recent work highlights:

Not-for-profit organisation: providing advice on a highly contentious grievance, investigation and Data Subject Access Request involving the most senior members of the organisation, adopting tactics that successfully prevented the matter from escalating into a claim.
Finance and banking sector: successfully managing a complicated and sensitive sickness absence, including advice on technical sick pay issues, handling the return-to-work process and dealing with overlapping performance and regulatory issues.
Charity sector: advised a UK national children’s charity facing multiple Employment Tribunal claims, including race, sex and disability discrimination, reasonable adjustments and constructive unfair dismissal. One claim was withdrawn by the employee, without settlement, following our robust defence submissions.
Professional membership organisation: advising on a highly sensitive disciplinary process, which had potentially damaging implications for the client. Successfully defended a subsequent Employment Tribunal claim for constructive unfair dismissal and trade union detriment, winning on all counts.
Not-for-profit organisation: providing advice on a highly contentious grievance, investigation and Data Subject Access Request involving the most senior members of the organisation, adopting tactics that successfully prevented the matter from escalating into a claim.
Education sector: providing technical advice on a complex external investigation into performance concerns and allegations of dishonesty against a senior member of staff, including advising on overlapping grievances and data protection issues. We oversaw the matter to successful settlement.