Barry Stanton > Boyes Turner > Reading, England > Lawyer Profile

Boyes Turner
ABBOTS HOUSE
ABBEY STREET
READING
RG1 3BD
England

Work Department

Employment

Position

Barry is the interim Managing Partner and is responsible with the Management Committee for the overall strategic direction of the firm.

Barry is also a Partner in the highly regarded Employment team at Boyes Turner. He advises clients on all aspects of employment law but has a particular interest in TUPE, restrictive covenant issues and complex discrimination claims.

Barry advises a wide range of clients from international and national businesses in a variety of sectors including engineering, software and technology, professional services and logistics.

He regularly writes and comments on a range of topical employment issues as well as presenting at webinars involving UK and EU employment law and works with overseas firms to manage clients’ international employment issues.

He brings a positive and professional approach to understanding, resolving and managing clients’ HR issues, minimising the risk of claims and takes a pragmatic approach to resolving problems. When faced with litigation his rigorous analysis of the claim and determination to succeed secures positive outcomes for his clients.

Career

Barry qualified as a solicitor in 1991 and has provided specialist employment advice for over 20 years.  He joined Boyes Turner in 2001 as a partner.

Memberships

Employment Lawyers Association

European Employment Lawyers Association

Leisure

Barry is a keen sailor and cyclist and has three children for whom he provides a taxi service.

Lawyer Rankings

South East > Employment > Employment: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40

Boyes Turner‘s employment practice group is among the largest in the Thames Valley and acts on behalf of international clients in the tech, leisure and hospitality sectors. Barry Stanton heads up the team and represents many of the firm’s high-end clients in this space. Helen Goss is another key contact within the team, praised for her ‘invaluable blend of legal guidance, support, encouragement and resilience’. She has particular expertise in discrimination, breach of contract and whistleblowing claims. Andrew Whiteaker handles the full-range of employment law issues, and is recommended by clients for providing ‘pragmatic advice in a user friendly manner’. Senior associate Claire Taylor-Evans is an experienced tribunal advocate and focuses her practice on complex discrimination claims and managing high-level exits.