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Amanda Isherwood

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Work Department

Employment

Position

Amanda was promoted to Senior Associate in the Employment team in December 2022. She acts for both employees and employers in a wide variety of employment law matters, including providing advice on complex grievance and disciplinary processes, settlement agreements and exit negotiations. Having initially started her career as a litigator, Amanda has extensive experience in the contentious aspects of employment law representing clients in a wide variety of employment tribunal cases, in recent years with a particular focus on disability as well as maternity and pregnancy cases. Amanda regularly conducts her own Tribunal advocacy with great success, having represented clients in preliminary hearings right up to a multi-day complex TUPE case.

Career

Trained at Turner Parkinson Solicitors Limited and qualified in2013.

Joined Gorvins in 2017 and was promoted to Senior Associate in December 2022.

Education

2009 – 2010 – The College of Law Manchester (LPC)

2006 – 2009 – The University of Leeds (LLB Hons)

Personal

Work Highlights

Conducting her own advocacy in a multiple day Tribunal hearing successfully representing a claimant in his claim for automatic unfair dismissal relating to a TUPE transfer.

Successfully representing a vulnerable claimant in a disability discrimination against a large public body and securing a six-figure award.

Providing advice and representation to countless women on their rights during pregnancy and maternity leave.