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Crossland Employment Solicitors Offices
99 PARK DRIVE, MILTON PARK
ABINGDON
OXON
OX14 4RY
England
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Crossland Employment Solicitors > The Legal 500 Rankings
Employment > Employment: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40 Tier 3
Significant experience in not-for-profit sectors including education, charities, housing associations, and NGOs is a defining characteristic of the practice at boutique firm Crossland Employment Solicitors. The team specialises in all aspects of employment law and is praised for its track record of providing ‘commercially sound legal advice’. ‘Titan of employment law’ and practice head Beverley Sunderland is an expert in obtaining injunctions on behalf of employers and also advises on complex employee relations matters alongside undertaking high level investigations.Practice head(s):
Beverley Sunderland
Other key lawyers:
Kevin Charles; Barry Ross; Owen Dear; Maria Hoeritzauer
Testimonials
‘Great people which are top of employment experts. They are also able to adapt to a firm’s changing needs.’
‘Owen Dear is like an extension of our company, available when required for urgent work but also has an easy-like manner that makes him very approachable for all levels of our organisation. Will gives opinions when asked, not just legal text book answers. Excellent.’
‘Provide legal advice that is clear and without legal jargon. Their commercial understanding how the businesses approach dealing with employment issues has been refreshing.’
‘Our main contact that we have worked closely with is Owen Dear and he has provided us with our views and perceptions of Crossland as our preferred legal counsel. His responsiveness and support has been invaluable over the time I have worked with him.’
‘The standout on dealing with Crossland is their ability to provide commercially sound legal advice. They take into account the organisation’s needs and desired outcome whilst providing clear advice. They work in partnership with us to achieve the preferred outcome, whilst challenging our thought process.’
‘Beverley Sunderland is a titan of employment law. She is tenacious and appropriately robust in the successful pursuit of her client’s claims.’
‘As teams go, Crossland Employment Solicitors are outstanding. Crossland provides very regular email updates and hosts quarterly HR seminars and forums for clients and non-clients alike. The Crossland team is well grounded and dependable. The difficulty I find is which partner to recommend – they are all so good!’
‘Beverley Sunderland is an outstanding and authoritative leader with unparalleled subject knowledge. Great communicator Barry Ross – reassuring, approachable, and superb all-round employment law knowledge. Maria Hoeritzauer – the contract queen! Gives detailed constructive advice. Owen Dear – Great communicator within public events, dependable and excellent knowledge.’
Key clients
Yell
De La Rue
M&C Saatchi
Institute of Practitioners in Advertising
Association of Optometrists
Work highlights
- Advising a large manufacturer specialising in 3D printing on injunction proceedings to secure and return confidential information.
Crossland Employment Solicitors > Firm Profile
The firm: The firm was originally founded in 2008 by ex City lawyer and managing director Beverley Sunderland, who was concerned that the traditional model of law firms, where work is pushed down to the most junior lawyers, did not provide HR clients with direct access to highly experienced and commercial lawyers in this complex area of the law.
Quickly joined by former colleague and experienced barrister Kevin Charles, the firm has gone from strength to strength, winning Halsbury’s Law Firm of the Year in 2015 and shortlisted for Employment Law Firm of the Year by Personnel Today 2019.
With a somewhat unconventional recruitment policy, Beverley recruited fellow director Barry Ross when he was her opponent in a Tribunal case in 2010. The fact that Barry had persuaded the two wing members to out-vote the legally qualified judge in the case and therefore Beverley lost, simply strengthened her resolve to recruit him, rather than dampened it.
Maria Hoeritzauer and Owen Dear followed, bringing their pragmatic and commercial advice with them.
The firm now boasts eighty years of experience between us and in eleven years has seen four babies born and raised many thousands of pounds for charities.
We are united in our desire to give the best advice to clients, most of whom have loyally instructed us for eleven years.
Types of work undertaken:Â Experienced employment tribunal and employment appeal tribunal advocates, the team not only advise on the case but will represent the clients at the tribunal hearing or appeal hearing. Our experience of litigation gives us a unique insight into what is and is not important in cases and where particular focus needs to be.
We advise on all aspects of employee relations across a wide range of businesses from education establishments, charities, FTSE 100 companies to Formula 1 racing. No matter what the size of the firm, we are united in one thing – the employment of people.
From complex discrimination and whistleblowing claims, through to TUPE and unfair dismissal, we aim to provide commercial advice, with options, to businesses. The team also has a successful practice enforcing restrictive covenants and confidentiality provisions, obtaining High Court injunctions to prevent former employees from breaching post termination restrictions and/or taking confidential information.
Main Contacts
| Department | Name | Telephone | |
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| Employment | Beverley Sunderland | Beverley@crosslandsolicitors.com | 01235 841506 |
Lawyer Profiles
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Kevin Charles | Consulting barrister | View Profile |
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Owen Dear | Associate | View Profile |
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Maria Hoeritzauer | Senior Associate | View Profile |
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Barry Ross | Director | View Profile |
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Beverley Sunderland | Managing Director | View Profile |