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Eden, Irwell St,
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M3 5EN
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Ms Liz Cotton

Work Department
Employment (North West)
Position
Partner
Career
Liz has extensive expertise in providing strategic advice to board members and to HR teams on employment matters across a variety of sectors, including retail, leisure, food and drink and digital.
In particular she advises on complex issues (affecting both store and supply chain), such as NMW, Equal Pay, changing terms and conditions, board disputes, change management (restructures, reorganisations and collective redundancies), matters involving Trade Unions, severance agreements and TUPE transfers, in particular around service provision change. Liz also has significant experience in tribunal litigation in the employment tribunal, the EAT and in the Court of Appeal. Liz establishes close working relationships with her clients. Her personal approach and tenacity has won her praise from clients and she is noted in the Legal 500 as being ‘industrious’, ‘very approachable and professional’, with ‘excellent client skills and quick to get to the heart of the problem and provide client-led solutions’.
Jurisdiction: England & Wales
Lawyer Rankings
North West > Employment > Employment
(Leading partners)The ‘exceptional employment lawyers‘ at TLT in Manchester boast broad expertise in both contentious and non-contentious employment work, including in whistleblowing, large scale re-organisations, TUPE issues, equal pay, restrictive covenants, and industrial relations. The group is particularly knowledgeable in the retail and leisure, financial services, engineering and manufacturing, and transport and logistics sectors. The ‘first-rate employment lawyer‘ Ed Cotton advises on all areas of employment law, with particular experience in restrictive covenants, team moves, and reputational issues, and Liz Cotton has expertise in providing strategic advice to the board and is also seasoned in Employment Tribunal claims involving discrimination and whistleblowing. Amy Stokes joined the group from Forbes Solicitors in June 2023.
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Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Manchester
- Employment > Employment
- Employment > Health and safety
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Public sector > Local government
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Real estate > Construction
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Manchester
- Employment > Pensions
- Real estate > Planning and environment
- Real estate > Commercial property: Manchester