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SOMERFIELD HOUSE, 59 LONDON ROAD, MAIDSTONE, KENT, ME16 8JH, ENGLAND

Tel:: Work 01622 690691
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DX:: 4806 MAIDSTONE-1

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Colin Smith

Tel:: Work 01622 776451
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Web:: www.brachers.co.uk

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Employment

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Partner

Expertise

Reorganisations, redundancy and restructuring
TUPE (transfer of undertakings)
Settlement and compromise agreements
Tribunal claims
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Colin qualified in 2001. He joined Brachers in 2012 and was made partner in 2012.

Colin has over 15 years’ experience and acts mainly for larger corporate clients in the automotive, manufacturing, logistics and healthcare spheres as well as assisting senior executives in times of need. He deals with all aspects of employment law, from workplace grievance or disciplinary all the way through to large scale collective redundancies, TUPE transfer or tribunal claims.

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The Law Society

The Employment Lawyers Association

South East: Human resources

Employment: Kent, Surrey, Sussex

Within: Employment: Kent, Surrey, Sussex

Brachers provides an all-round service to its healthcare, leisure and manufacturer clients and has a notable list of automotive and aerospace industry clients. It operates a specialist human resources consultancy, Kent HR, in addition to handling Tribunal and High Court litigation. Team head Catherine Daw provides the healthcare expertise in addition to serving clients in areas such as aerospace and Antonio Fletcher, who is part of the agricultural team, handles restructures, TUPE transfers and employee disputes. Fellow partner Colin Smith has similarly broad expertise including collective redundancy programmes.

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