Elizabeth Swinburn > HCR Hewitsons > Cambridge, England > Lawyer Profile
HCR Hewitsons Offices
50-60 Station Road
CB1 2JH
England
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Elizabeth Swinburn
Work Department
Employment.
Position
Partner, Cambridge employment team. Advises employers and individuals on all aspects of contentious and non-contentious employment law.
Career
Trained Hewitsons; qualified 2000; partner 2007.
Memberships
Law Society; Cambridge District Law Society, Employment Lawyers Association.
Education
New College, Oxford (MA, Politics, Philosophy and Economics); Oxford Brookes University (Distinction, Advanced Study in Law); Oxford Institute of Legal Practice (Distinction, Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice).
Leisure
Gym, walking, painting and drawing, antiques, gardening, reading, playing cello.
Lawyer Rankings
East Anglia > Employment > Employment
(Leading individuals)HCR Hewitsons‘ employment offering has cemented its standing in the Cambridge market. Key practitioners in the team are Valerie Lambert, who is regarded as being ‘totally committed to her clients, for whom she leaves no stone unturned’ and the ‘knowledgeable, objective and personal’ Elizabeth Swinburn, who is noted as providing ‘impeccable’ advice. The team’s workload includes handling High Court litigation work, restrictive covenants, breach of fiduciary duty disputes, business reorganisations, Employment Tribunal disputes and TUPE transfers. Associate Charlotte Herrington ‘shows great attention-to-detail in HR-related legal matters‘.
East Anglia > Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
The cross-office education and charities practice at HCR Hewitsons is regarded as being ‘very good at applying the charity regulations and understanding the aims and aspirations that clients hold’. Practice head Virginia Henley works from both Central England and Cambridge, the latter is also the base of agriculture and estates partner Denise Wilkinson, who is ‘exceptional in her range of knowledge and provides clear and reasoned advice’. Employment partner Elizabeth Swinburn is also active for charity clients. Susanne Hinde departed for Howes Percival LLP in April 2023.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals East Anglia > Employment > Employment
- Charities and not-for-profit East Anglia > Private client
- Employment East Anglia > Employment
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Real estate > Commercial property: Cambridge
- Employment > Health and safety
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Cambridge
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Cambridge
- Real estate > Construction
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Cambridge
- Employment > Employment
- Employment > Pensions
- Real estate > Planning and environment
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Private client > Family
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms