Stuart Craig > Mills & Reeve LLP > Cambridge, England > Lawyer Profile

Mills & Reeve LLP
BOTANIC HOUSE
100 HILLS ROAD
CAMBRIDGE
CB2 1PH
England

Work Department

Employment.

Position

Partner specialising in employment law, who advises a wide range of employers, including Plcs, private businesses, universities and NHS organisations.  He deals with all aspects of employment law. His contentious work involves dealing with heavyweight employment tribunal cases, particularly complex discrimination and whistleblowing claims and he has acted for employers in a number of leading reported cases in different sectors. His non-contentious work includes drafting the full range of employment documentation, advising on reorganisations and restructuring and involves TUPE and large public sector outsourcing issues. He leads on employment law issues for the firm’s health clients and is acknowledged as a leader in this field, frequently advising on matters where specialist knowledge of the NHS is required, including complex executive level terminations and doctors disciplinary and performance procedures.

Career

Trainee solicitor, KE Davis & Sons, Hayes, Middlesex 1994-96; solicitor, KE Davis & Sons, Hayes, Middlesex 1996-98; solicitor, Charsley Harrison, Windsor, Berkshire 1998-2001; senior solicitor, Mills & Reeve, Cambridge 2001-04; associate, Mills & Reeve, Cambridge 2004-09; partner, Mills & Reeve, Cambridge June 2009 to present.

Memberships

Employment Lawyers Association.

Education

Groby Community College, Groby, Leicestershire 1985-89; University of Hull, BA (Hons) History 1989-92; DeMontfort University, Leicester, CPE and LPC 1992-94.

Leisure

Family, football and other sports, reading, travel and films.

Lawyer Rankings

East Anglia > Employment > Employment

(Leading individuals)

Stuart CraigMills & Reeve LLP

The Cambridge office of Mills & Reeve LLP is a key hub nationally for the firm’s employment work. The ‘open and friendlyDavid Mills leads the practice, wherein Nicola Brown heads up the firm’s work for national higher education, and charity clients, specifically. Stuart Craig focuses on advising health sector clients in the East of England and London, and Melanie James is a key adviser to large private employers. James Kidd leads the employment, pensions and immigration practice in the Norwich office, where ‘expert in his field’ Alex Russell focuses on supporting educational institutions; Russell notably acted for Royal Veterinary College in the successful defence of an unfair dismissal claim.