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Kevin Mccavish
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Work Department
Employment partner.
Position
National head of employment and head of the Thames Valley office. Particular expertise in advising on HR issues arising from complex reorganisational and structural changes within organisations, consultation on redundancies and business transfers, implementation of European works council and recognition agreements, and protecting intellectual property rights and goodwill. Kevin has considerable contentious employment law experience, enhanced by three years at the Bar, including appearances in Employment Appeal Tribunal; he regularly represents clients in employment tribunal proceedings dealing with issues ranging from unfair dismissal and redundancy to lengthy and complex discrimination cases. He recently acted in the well-publicised ?case of Elaine Day against HRH The Prince of Wales.
Career
Trained Clifford Chance; qualified 1993; assistant solicitor Eversheds and Nicholson Graham & Jones 1994-98; called to the Bar, Middle Temple 1998; barrister 1998-2002. Co-author of Tolleys and Butterworth’s ‘Terminating Employment’, ‘Employment Law’ and ‘Working Time Directive’. Editor of Croners publication on ‘Employment Law and the European Union’ and appointed to Croners editorial board.
Member
Employment Lawyers Association.
Education
University of Cardiff (1989 BSc); University of London (1990 LLM Commercial and Corporate Law).
Leisure
Mountain biking, skiing, tennis and travel.
Practice Areas
Employment
