Joyce Cullen > Brodies LLP > Edinburgh, United Kingdom > Lawyer Profile

Joyce Cullen

0131 228 3777 [email protected]

Work Department

Litigation and employment.

Position

Joyce is a solicitor advocate and accredited mediator, providing advice and advocacy services to a wide variety of clients in the commercial, regulatory and financial services sectors, in courts and tribunals and using alternative dispute resolution techniques.  Joyce regularly advises clients on the defence of class actions, otherwise known as Group Proceedings in Scotland.

Clients include public bodies, private sector businesses, universities, private schools, regulators and individuals seeking advice in relation to the application of professional standards and contractual and common law duties in many different contexts.

Career

Qualified 1981; assistant solicitor Brodies LLP 1981-86; partner since 1986; chairman from 2005-13; accredited as a specialist in employment law 1995; solicitor-advocate 1995; contributor to the chapter on ‘Directors’ Contracts’ in Tolley’s ‘Employment and Personnel Procedures Manual’. Member, General Teaching Council, Scotland 1998-2006.

Memberships

Employment Law Group; Employment Lawyers Association; Institute of Directors; Chamber of Commerce; convenor Law Society Employment Law Committee; Scottish chair Two Percent Club Standing Group; governor The New School Butterstone.

Education

Leith Academy, Edinburgh; Dundee University (LLB).

Leisure

Family, travel.