Guernsey - Employment
AO HALL’s ‘superb‘ Louise Hall is the leading non-contentious employment lawyer in Guernsey, while newly promoted partner Elaine Gray ‘knows her stuff‘ in employment litigation. Large financial institutions dominate Hall’s client base, and she is active in advising on redundancies.
Ozannes’ Jessica Roland is ‘top rate‘, and the leading employment litigator in Guernsey. With a client base of large institutions, she has also advised the States of Guernsey on employment matters, and has advised on all the cases involving employment proceedings ever to be heard in Guernsey’s Royal Court.
Ashton Barnes Tee is a credible alternative to the top firms for contentious employment matters. Clare Tee acted for a Guernsey-based pilot in a high-profile unfair dismissal and sex discrimination case. Clients are ‘extremely happy‘.
Carey Olsen’s litigators have substantial contentious employment expertise, while Paul Buckle is the Channel Islands’ acknowledged expert on pension schemes. The team has ‘excellent industry knowledge‘ and gives non-contentious employment advice to its leading corporate client base including, recently, on large-scale redundancies.
AFR Advocates is known for acting for employees, and has been active in unfair dismissal hearings. Paul Richardson is highly rated.
Babbé’s managing partner Andrew Laws is appreciated by employment clients for ‘sticking to a brief and being very commercial‘.
Collas Day has a strong contentious employment practice, and has been involved in two of the highest-profile pieces of employment litigation to come before Guernsey’s Royal Court in recent years.
Ogier handles employment law across the Channel Islands, and is particularly strong on employment in Jersey. Its Guernsey practice is run by litigation head Simon Davies, who acted for Sandpiper CI in a high-profile unfair dismissal claim.