Kerrie Hunt > Thrings LLP > Bristol, England > Lawyer Profile
Thrings LLP Offices
THE PARAGON
COUNTERSLIP
BRISTOL
BS1 6BX
England
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Kerrie Hunt
Work Department
Employment, company commercial.
Position
Partner and head of the employment team. Has a practice encompassing contentious and non-contentious employment advice, working closely with corporate clients at a senior level, identifying and managing risk in their business. Regularly advises commercial clients on all aspects of employee relations, from managing individual disputes to dealing with exit strategies at all levels and advising on restructures including collective consultation and dealing with TUPE issues. Undertakes own tribunal advocacy, representing clients in resisting claims ranging from unfair dismissal to discrimination and advises clients on High Court claims for injunctive relief for breach of covenants and misuse of confidential information. Also has particular expertise, alongside the firm’s specialist agriculture team, of advising farmers and landed estate owners.
Career
Trained Thrings; qualified 1997; associate 2002; partner 2005.
Languages
French and Spanish.
Memberships
Employment Lawyers Association; affiliate member CIPD; Chair of the Board of Trustees for Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory, Bristol.
Education
University of Hull (BA (Hons) 2(1) French/Drama); University of West England (Postgraduate Diploma in Law Distinction, LPC Distinction).
Leisure
Film and theatre; hill walking.
Lawyer Rankings
South West > Employment > Employment: Bristol
‘An extremely knowledgable team who go the extra mile‘, Thrings LLP’s employment practice is instructed by both public and private sector clients, including well-known consumer goods conglomerates, transport sector businesses, and charities. The team is led by the ‘outstanding‘ Kerrie Hunt, whose broad sector coverage and experience includes High Court claims, TUPE transfers, and senior exits. Natalie Ward‘s recent workload has seen her defending discrimination and constructive dismissal claims on behalf of various major companies.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Bristol
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Commercial property: Bristol
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire
- Employment > Employment: Bristol
- Private client > Family
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Real estate > Construction
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Bristol
- Real estate > Planning