Mr Graham Vials > Ward Hadaway LLP > Newcastle upon Tyne, England > Lawyer Profile
Ward Hadaway LLP Offices
SANDGATE HOUSE
102 QUAYSIDE
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
NE1 3DX
England
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Mr Graham Vials
Work Department
Employment
Position
Partner
Career
Graham specialises in providing commercial advice to predominately employer clients, advising on a full range of contentious and non-contentious employment matters to a variety of private and public sector clients, ranging from owner-managed businesses to large national companies, schools and academies and government departments and local authorities.
Graham provides pragmatic and strategic advice in respect of all day to day HR and employment related matters and has expertise in all aspects of employment law, including dealing with disciplinary and performance issues, grievances, discrimination, dismissal, breach of contract, pay and benefits and business restructures.
Graham is also a keen advocate and has successfully brought and defended Employment Tribunal claims around the country for a variety of private and public sector clients and individual employees.
Lawyer Rankings
North > Public sector > Education
Ward Hadaway LLP is routinely sought out by academy trusts for wide-ranging advice on governance, conversion instructions, employment, data protection and property matters. Head of the education law team Graham Vials, and procurement, PFI and education specialist Tim Care regularly collaborate to advise clients on school conversions to trusts. Real estate practitioner Neil Smith specialises in the development of new technical college facilities, while managing associate Katy Milner supports public sector real estate projects and advises schools and local authorities in academy conversion and re-brokerage processes. Employment team associate Tom Shears notably acts for clients in discrimination disputes.
North > Employment > Employment
(Next Generation Partners)Ward Hadaway LLP’s Newcastle-based employment team provides clients across a range of sectors, including education, healthcare, sports and manufacturing, with both contentious and non-contentious advice. Team head Jamie Gamble is an expert on TUPE matters, employment tribunal claims, senior executive contracts, dismissals and employment aspects of corporate transactions. Paul Scope is a key contact for sports team seeking advice on various terminations, disciplinary issues and restructurings; he also represents clients on mass litigations concerning equal pay claims in the public sector. Gillian Chinhengo supports businesses in large scale changes and dealing with trade unions, while Roisin Patton is the firm’s expert on business immigration mandates, often working on post-Brexit recruitment issues and complex global mobility issues. Stuart Craig and Graham Vials are names to note, with the former focused on healthcare matters and the latter specialising in education matters within the employment law field.
Lawyer Rankings
- Employment North > Employment
- Next Generation Partners North > Employment > Employment
- Education North > Public sector
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Newcastle
- Real estate > Commercial property: Newcastle
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Newcastle
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Employment > Employment
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Energy
- Public sector > Health
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Licensing
- Real estate > Planning and environment
- Real estate > Property litigation
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Construction
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
- Public sector > Education
- Insurance > Personal injury and clinical negligence: defendant
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Social housing
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Family