‘Rena Magdani is an outstanding lawyer.’

‘The teams’ strength comes from their cohesiveness and their recognition by the judiciary. They cover for one another seamlessly and provide the relevant level of support without any sense of being over sold services’.

‘David Potter is an employment law partner and leads as a solid, approachable presence managing and discussing the case from a tactical point of view and also managing the litigation. David has a wealth of experience and a thorough knowledge of employment law and case law.’

‘Freeths communication and professionalism is spot on. They are professional and helpful, and always keep our company informed every step of the way and follow up with the agreed actions similarly.’

‘David Potter takes full advantage of his experience and authority to consistently deliver excellent results.’

‘Matt McBride is quick to respond and always thorough in his advice. The training we have received from Matt is of immense value and greatly assists and supports our employment practice. Matt is friendly and approachable. His knowledge and experience means that we can be confident in bringing difficult queries to him for help untangling them.’

‘The team are always flexible, really helpful and offer practical and commercially focused advice.’

‘Andrew Macmillan provides a fantastic service. He is a first class lawyer and I trust him implicitly to assist with any new challenge we have.’

‘The team has considerable expertise not only in pure employment law but essential ancillary areas such as employment tax and pensions.’

‘Andrew Macmillan is an outstanding employment lawyer, at the very top of his field. He combines legal expertise with uncanny commercial acumen. He is equally at home with contentious and non-contentious issues and is always supportive and constructive. He is also an excellent negotiator.’

‘Chris Kisby is quite outstanding. He completely gets it and provides timely and commercial advice.’

‘Helen Webster and her team are always helpful and keep the legal jargon to a minimum ease of understanding.’

‘Helen Burgess is fantastic, she has invested the time and energy in understanding our organisation, so that she has the context and able to give us very pragmatic advice to us. I can’t recommend her highly enough.’

‘The employment team at HP are some of the best I have ever dealt with. Always polite quick to assist and gives comprehensive advice covering all aspects of the employment field. ‘

‘Graham Irons provides a great depth of business knowledge. Graham is a down to earth, practical, lawyer and with a sense of humour too which always helps in often difficult circumstances.’

‘What makes HP unique, the people. They are empathetic to the issues raised, work to understand the business they are working with to be able to provide understandable and relatable guidance. There is a strong theme of trust within the employment team at HP that ensures that our business is secure under their guidance.’

‘Hannah Pryce and Graham Irons are the two individuals that stand out, for me, especially Hannah Pryce, delight to deal with. She is easy to talk to and discuss issue with. Her manner and the way she communicates is also very impressive. For us, she is outstanding.’

‘The client relationship is what makes this practice unique. Michael Briggs works as an extension of my HR Team, he understands our business and helps us to make sensible decisions. The team are responsive and clear in their advice.’

‘Shoosmiths are a great team to do business with. They’re there when you need them and always listen to your requirements. No issues with billing, which is always great – we get a breakdown on where the costs have arisen, so very clear and transparent.’

‘Michael Briggs is very knowledgable about our organisation and has supported a number of my colleagues throughout the year.’

‘Browne Jacobson provides a commercial approach to resolving people issues. They are financially astute and very customer focused.’

‘Kerren Daley (Partner) stands out because she uses her legal knowledge in a very commercial and practical way when advising. Her practical approach is great when wanting to bounce around different options and risks associated with each one. She is a brilliant legal practitioner with additional commerciality.’

‘The individuals I have dealt with at Browne Jacobson have proven to be highly professional in approach, providing ongoing support and building excellent relationships with members of the HR team. The legal advice we have received from all members of the Employment Law has been excellent and has enabled us to successfully address a number of employment law and pension issues.’

‘There is a good mix of knowledge and the team works very well together. Clear costs brackets is new and very useful in understand the support we get.’

‘Laura Kearsley goes the extra mile. The team as a whole are very professional and competent.’

‘They are personable and build good long lasting relationships, you can have good conversations in language that is easy to understand, along with understanding the risks.’

‘Laura Kearsley is our main point of contact and is excellent. Knows her stuff, communicates in non-legal speak and always provides solutions. She manages a very good team who are all highly capable.’

‘Beth Bearder is an extremely amenable advisor who takes the time to listen to and understand the needs and wants of her clients. She gives impartial, balanced guidance and sets out the various risks associated with different approaches to any given situation. I find her counsel invaluable.’

‘Melanie Morton is particularly good. She manages to balance the legal advice with commercial requirements of our business.’

‘Peter is very conscientious, he really cares about our company and always gives great advice and goes the extra mile to help out. A totally professional, personal and caring service is provided by Peter and we would highly recommend him to any new clients.’

‘The team is outcomes focused, well resourced and user-friendly delivering honest and pragmatic advice.’

‘A shrewd strategist, Helen Molloy is an exceptional employment lawyer, with a particular knack for getting to the nub of a matter quickly and effectively.’

‘Philip Pepper is very easy to work with, explains details and risks in plain English, has a good sense of humor which I personally find relaxing when dealing with legal issues.’

‘Our employment solicitor, Sandeep Leighs, is a true professional and someone that our company has come to rely on. Not only is she super-knowledgeable, but always looks at all aspects of a situation and will offer several potential solutions, explaining the merits and any potential consequences of each one. I can’t compare Sandeep to a competitor, as we would not use another legal company by choice.’

‘Really knowledgeable team who provide pragmatic advice to avoid clients getting bogged down in dealing with vexatious claims. Brilliant monthly webinars which keep you right up to date with changes in law, latest cases and trends.’

‘The team has strength in their expertise and their ability to deliver this in a practical element. Their “power hours” are a great help, providing insightful information in short bite sized chunks, rather than a half day legal session.’

‘They handle a wide range of high end respondent work for national businesses. The firm has an extremely hands-on and proactive approach to client care and running complex cases as smoothly as possible.’

‘The team have a broad range of skills. A seamless service of true professionals.’

‘Very competent employment team. You know you are better advised than the other side.’

‘Nicholas Hall is outstanding. He has an immense technical knowledge of the law but also a smooth and reassuring bedside manner with clients. He is extremely approachable and highly responsive.’

‘Gemma Hill is an associate to watch. She is great at drafting and adopts a tremendous can-do attitude on complex cases.’

‘Nick Hall is extremely responsive and completely understands the commercial needs of a business.’

‘Nick Hall’s enormous experience always presents solutions in simple way. He doesn’t dazzle people with the law; he tells them what to do. ‘

‘Amanda Badley and her team are technically excellent and pragmatic in their approach to our staffing issues. They are also quick to respond to queries and problems. They take time to get to know the business and its operations. Amanda has a history of working with our company and we have developed a very good relationship with her over the years.’

‘Personal service and pragmatic advice from advisers who feel very much a part of our own team.’

‘Sarah Robinson is the stand out individual. She is great with clients and technically able.’

‘Adrian Barnes is always on hand to give advice in a straightforward and efficient and costs -effective manner.’

‘First-class employment and employee relations advice and Employment Tribunal representation.’

‘Stephen Britton, Partner at Sills & Betteridge, has provided me with high quality employment law advice and support over many years and I can wholly recommend him and his company.’

‘Stephen Britton is a fabulous employment lawyer. He takes time to understand the issues we have and why a particular course of action was taken. He takes time to explain all options open to us and the pros and cons of those options. The combination of easy to understand language and empathy engenders a good working relationship.’