Joanna Scally > Greenwoods Legal > Cambridge, England > Lawyer Profile

Greenwoods Legal
COMPASS HOUSE
VISION PARK, HISTON
CAMBRIDGE
CB24 9AD
England

Work Department

Employment

Position

Partner, Employment, Head of Education

 

Career

As a senior employment lawyer and head of our Education Sector, Jo successfully leads our employment law services in Cambridge and specialises in all aspects of employment law.

Jo qualified as a solicitor in September 2001 and is a leading lawyer in the employment field in Cambridge.  Jo excels at building strong client relationships and has significantly grown our Cambridge team’s client-base as a result.

Jo acts for national and local companies and organisations both in and around Cambridge as well as wider afield.  Jo carries out work for clients in a variety of sectors including education as she leads Greenwoods’ Education Sector team, as well as working with long-standing technology and media clients. Jo has for many years advised a number of independent schools, as well as over half of the Cambridge Colleges on their thorny HR issues.  Jo also has public sector experience, being the go-to person for a large Borough Council on any complicated Tribunal claims and employment issues.

As well as working on contentious matters, Jo enjoys getting her teeth into complicated non-contentious matters, such as large-scale business reorganisations, change programmes and redundancy situations.

Jo is also a confident litigator and has considerable experience defending a wide variety of complex Tribunal claims and continues to impress with her advocacy and mediation skills.

Jo and the team enjoy providing bespoke training to clients and other organisations and deliver a number of popular and impressive training events including ‘Employment Law Now’.  More recently, Jo has presented webinars to clients, which have been well received.

Lawyer Rankings

East Anglia > Public sector > Public sector

(Leading individuals)

Joanna ScallyGreenwoods Legal

The education sector group at Greenwoods Legal supports clients with a diverse range of issues, ranging from corporate and governance matter, HR and immigration, property deals and regulatory matters. Clients are ‘incredibly impressed with the attentiveness to detail and the availability of the team‘. Head of the Cambridge employment team Joanna Scally leads the education practice, working closely with senior associate and employment specialist Siobhan Thomson. Senior associate Claire Banks in Peterborough is ‘knowledgeable, helpful and great to work with‘ on corporate matters.

East Anglia > Employment > Employment

(Leading individuals)

Joanna ScallyGreenwoods Legal

Greenwoods Legal‘s team ‘continually provides a high-level of customer service’. The firm has a large cross-office practice that operates from London, Peterborough and Cambridge, respectively. It frequently acts for blue-chip and nationally recognised organisations, among them, Cambridge University colleges. Practice head John Macaulay and key partner Keith Williams in Peterborough, along with senior associate Natalie Williams in Cambridge ‘demonstrate their knowledge and experience when exploring practical options’. Cambridge-based team members Joanna Scally and senior associate Siobhan Thomson are described as being ‘knowledgeable, approachable and flexible‘. Managing partner Robert Dillarstone also plays a central role in the practice.