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Hill Dickinson LLP Offices

NO 1 ST PAUL'S SQUARE
LIVERPOOL
L3 9SJ
England
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Kerstie Skeaping

Work Department
Employment.
Position
Head of the commercial employment team in Liverpool, Kerstie leads a team of 11 solicitors who practice employment and education law. She is also an elected board member.
Kerstie has practised employment law for over 20 years acting mainly for companies and senior executives. Her experience covers all areas of employment law including discrimination, TUPE and equal pay. She is a tribunal advocate with significant experience of appearing in many of the tribunals in England and Wales.
She has extensive transactional support experience also acting for both the buyer and seller in share sales, asset transfers and outsourcing arrangements.Kerstie has acted for both employers and employees in claims for unfair dismissal, breach of contract, sex, race, age and disability discrimination, equal pay, whistleblowing and unlawful deduction from wages.
Kerstie studied law at the University of Leeds graduating in 1992 with a 2:1 in law. She then passed the Law Society finals course with honours.
Languages
French - basic
Memberships
Member of the Employment Lawyers Association (ELA)
Lawyer Rankings
North West > Employment > Employment
Hill Dickinson LLP frequently acts for high-profile clients and public sector organisations in High Court employment-related cases, as well as acting as in-house advocacy in Employment Tribunal proceedings. The team is also experienced in large-scale restructuring, TUPE, sexual harassment claims, and redundancy. Practice leader Jeff Middleton and Kerstie Skeaping are both well regarded Employment Tribunal advocates and David Parry often deals with urgent claims for injunctive relief. Michael Wright and James Upton frequently advise NHS employers and other major players in the healthcare sector. Legal director Caroline Prosser is a key resource regarding high-profile independent investigations. Gareth Roberts departed in July 2021.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Liverpool
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Liverpool
- Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
- Employment > Employment
- Public sector > Health
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Employment > Pensions
- Insurance > Personal injury and clinical negligence: defendant
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Commercial property: elsewhere in the North West
- Transport
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Manchester
- Real estate > Commercial property: Liverpool
- Real estate > Construction
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Manchester
- Public sector > Education
- Private client > Family
- Employment > Health and safety
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Real estate > Commercial property: Manchester
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Public sector > Local government
- Real estate > Planning and environment
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport