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Wilkin Chapman LLP

CARTERGATE HOUSE, 26 CHANTRY LANE, GRIMSBY, DN31 2LJ, ENGLAND

Tel:: Work 01472 262626
Fax:: Fax 01472 360198
DX:: 13511 GRIMSBY 1

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Web:: www.wilkinchapman.co.uk

Alford, Grimsby, Horncastle, Lincoln, Louth

Teresa Thomas

Tel:: Work 01472 262637
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Partner and Head of Employment, HR and Regulatory

Position

Specialising in employment law and head of the team of eight employment and HR specialists. Teresa predominantly acts for employers in the private sector and has a large following of food, logistics, warehousing and packaging clients throughout the UK.

Career

Trained Geoffrey Leaver; qualified 1999; solicitor Geoffrey Leaver; solicitor and associate Hewitsons; solicitor Wilkin Chapman 2005-08; partner 2008-to date.

Member

Employment Lawyers Association

Education

Royal Latin Grammar School; De Montfort University (LLB (Hons))

Leisure

Horse riding and travelling

East Midlands: Human resources

Employment

Within: Employment

Lawyers at Wilkin Chapman LLP are lauded for their ‘excellent expertise and support in employment law’. Acting for both public and private sector clients, the team advises numerous local authorities, educational establishments and health sector clients. It also generates work from companies in the food, logistics, warehousing and packaging industries. Practice head Teresa Thomas provides counsel on redundancy, restructuring and TUPE projects and also undertakes advocacy at the Employment Tribunal. Calum Hanrahan, who is a new arrival from Sills & Betteridge LLP, has expertise in business immigration. Elsewhere, the ‘outstanding’ Oliver Tasker recently made partner, while David Buckle retired.

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