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Nick is a principal associate in the employment, pensions and immigration team, based in the Leeds office.
He is skilled at advising company clients, including transport providers, haulage companies, care providers, NHS Trusts, owner managed businesses and many well-known household names, and charitable organisations, on both contentious and non-contentious matters and is praised for providing “invaluable support”.
Nick regularly deals with Employment Tribunal litigation, including claims of unfair dismissal, discrimination, employment status, wages/national minimum wage, holiday pay, whistleblowing and TUPE. He has appeared in almost all of the Employment Tribunals in England and has also conducted his own advocacy in Scottish Tribunals and appeared in the Employment Appeals Tribunal.
Nick provides strategic, tactical advice on various matters such as disciplinary and grievance issues, TUPE, industrial relations, equal opportunities, redundancy processes, restrictive covenants and business protection and contractual disputes. He has advised on large scale matters such as the successful implementation of changes to terms and conditions impacting upon over a workforce of over 1,500 and other complex issues involving high-profile, media sensitive material together with the removal of Company directors.
Nick also provides bespoke client training including the delivery of in-house national training programmes.
Nick also acts for medium to high net worth individuals, including negotiating settlement agreements with payments up to approximately £500,000.

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Yorkshire and the Humber > Public sector > Health

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Key contacts in the firm’s employment, pension and immigration practice Ben Daniel and Nick Newman jointly lead the health team at Weightmans alongside Daniel Birch, who acts for health and social care organisations on a range of mandates, including inquests and investigations.

Yorkshire and the Humber > Employment > Employment: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire

Weightmans is primarily active across litigation, project work, and risk management, with a specialism in dealing with industrial disputes and organisational change management. The team has a significant presence in the healthcare and public sectors, while practice head Ben Daniel‘s particular involvement is in industrial disputes relating to transport. As an advocate, he is also active in relation to Employment Tribunal hearings, much like Nick Newman, who also provides strategic advice across the full spectrum of work.

North West > Employment > Employment

Fielding a highly regarded and deep bench of experienced practitioners, Weightmans LLP is chiefly noted for its impressive work in the public sector, working for a plethora of healthcare, policing, distribution and local governmental bodies on a wide range of employment matters. The team is fronted by national head Ben Daniel and the Manchester-centred Nick Newman, who is seasoned at negotiating claim settlements that pertain to equal pay, holiday pay and employee rights. Stephen Peacock has been a key figure in the firm’s strong stream of tribunal cases, defending particularly complex claims in the education and law enforcement sectors, while Emlyn Williams is a trusted contact to the NHS, representing them in significant unfair dismissal, whistleblowing and discrimination claims. Beyond his work as a strategic adviser to a variety of companies, Ian Pace‘s broad practice includes leading disciplinary investigations on behalf of employers, as well as having strong expertise in TUPE transfers and high-profile litigation. Saira Ali joined from Law by Design Limited in 2022 and has led large scale restructuring and redundancy matters.

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