Michael McNally > Freeths LLP > Liverpool, England > Lawyer Profile
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3rd Floor Core 3
Exchange Station
Tithebarn St
L2 2QP
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Michael McNally
Work Department
Employment
Position
Michael is a Director and set up the employment team in the Liverpool office.
Michael focuses on getting to know a client’s business, culture and commercial goals. This enables him to provide timely, practical and commercial support specifically tailored to the client’s needs.
Michael is an experienced commercial employment specialist and Tribunal advocate. He advises clients on all aspects of employment law with a particular interest in providing strategic advice, trade union law and industrial action, TUPE, the employment aspects of corporate transactions, restrictive covenants and injunctions, and representing clients in the employment tribunal. Michael has appeared before Tribunals throughout the UK, including the Industrial Tribunal in Northern Ireland.
Michael is also a specialist on discrimination law in the provision of goods and services. He advises organisations on their obligations under the Equality Act, handles complaints from service users, liaises with the Equality and Human Rights Commission, and represents clients in the County Court.
Michael acts for clients in a wide range of sectors but has particular experience in the transport and logistics, manufacturing, hospitality and leisure, and retail sectors
Career
Chester City Council (Trainee 2004-06), Poole Alcock LLP (2006-08), Hill Dickinson LLP (2008 – 2019, Legal Director from 2017), Freeths LLP (Director 2019 to date)
Memberships
Law Society, Employment Lawyers Association.
Education
Leisure
Liverpool John Moores University (Law LLB), Chester College of Law (Legal Practice Course)
Lawyer Rankings
North West > Employment > Employment
A key point of differentiation for Pannone Corporate LLP is its expertise in bespoke employment management training, including upskilling training programmes and conducting mock Employment Tribunals, alongside its investigation offering which has probed allegations of abuse, harassment and discrimination. The firm also leverages an extensive list of clients in the care sector, advising on employee transfers, settlement agreements and claims of unfair dismissal over the past twelve months. A recently qualified mediator, Jack Harrington leads the team and has been extremely active in TUPE matters, as well as defending a variety of large, multifaceted tribunal claims. Fiona Hamor has a broad contentious and non contentious practice, with notable expertise in discrimination and equal pay matters, while newly promoted associate partner Michael McNally has been a key figure in the department’s investigatory and upskilling mandates. Radhika Das engages with the full range of team matters, from investigations and tribunal claims, to drafting ancillary documents and conducting due diligence.