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Ben Daniel
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Ben is head of service delivery for the employment, pensions and immigration team at Weightmans. Formerly a partner with Ford & Warren solicitors, Ben deals with all areas of employment law for a wide variety of clients in both public and private sectors.
Ben is an advocate, regularly appearing in multi-day Employment Tribunal Hearings, and also conducts the advocacy in appeal cases at the Employment Appeal Tribunal.
He has specialist knowledge from 20 years’ experience in the transport sector, including road haulage, rail and bus passenger transport. He is particularly involved in the management of industrial disputes with clients across the transport sector. Ben also leads client management development seminars in the field of employee relations with the emphasis placed upon ‘the right to manage’.
Lawyer Rankings
Yorkshire and the Humber > Employment > Employment: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
Weightmans LLP advises and acts on employment matters in various sectors, with a strong focus on the transport, healthcare, and higher education spaces. The team is led by Ben Daniel, a specialist in the transport sector, who is particularly involved in managing industrial disputes. Nick Newman regularly deals with Employment Tribunal litigation regarding unfair dismissals, whistleblowing claims and TUPE issues, among others; he also acts for medium to high-net-worth individuals.
Yorkshire and the Humber > Public sector > Health
(Firms to watch)Weightmans LLP‘s health team is equipped to act for NHS trusts, foundations and GP practices with work spanning issues of consent, regulatory guidance and criminal investigations. Ben Daniel, David Birch and Nick Newman oversee the offering from the firm’s Leeds office, and Ben Troke joined from Hill Dickinson LLP in October 2023.
Lawyer Rankings
- Employment: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire Yorkshire and the Humber > Employment
- Firms to watch Yorkshire and the Humber > Public sector > Health
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Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
- Employment > Health and safety
- Insurance > Personal injury: defendant
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Employment > Employment: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- Private client > Family: Leeds, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Commercial property: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- Public sector > Health
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate