Sue King > Wrigleys Solicitors LLP > Leeds, England > Lawyer Profile

Wrigleys Solicitors LLP
3rd Floor
3 Wellington Place
Leeds
LS1 4AP
England

Living Wage

Work Department

Employment / Education

Position

Partner

Career

Sue qualified as a solicitor in 2005 after a successful career in the Metropolitan Police. She advises charities and other not for profit, voluntary and community organisations and social enterprises on all aspects of employment law including strategic issues involving TUPE and restructuring. She also provides practical day to day employment law advice on a wide range of issues from allegations of discrimination, disciplinary and grievance procedures through to drafting contracts and changing terms and conditions.
Sue specialises in advice to independent schools which includes, in addition to her employment practice, advice on a variety of issues including salary sacrifice, withdrawal from the TPS, setting EDI strategy and safeguarding issues. She brings practical experience to her advice through her role as the safeguarding lead governor at an independent girls boarding school and Board member of the Association of Governing Bodies of Independent Schools.

Sue has experience of advising on severance packages and on senior executive service agreements. She also represents employers throughout the Employment Tribunal process.

Memberships

Charity Law Association
Employment Law Association
Association of Governing Bodies of Independent Schools (AGBIS)

Lawyer Rankings

Yorkshire and the Humber > Employment > Employment: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire

Wrigleys Solicitors LLP specialises in advising charities and educational establishments on the full breadth of employment issues, with a particular emphasis on assisting trustees. Chris Billington heads the practice in Leeds, with expertise cutting across data protection, senior staff, employment contracts, worker statements, and trustee disputes; he works alongside Sue King, who, in addition to working closely with the firm’s wider charities and pensions offering, specialises in discrimination issues before the Employment Tribunal.