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Employment: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire

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Ramsdens Solicitors LLP

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Ramsdens Solicitors LLP, led by Gareth Dando, provides strategic advice to a broad national client base, from SMEs to PLCs with thousands of employees. The team has particular expertise in complex discrimination, whistleblowing and senior executive matters, including collective consultation and injunction proceedings. The team benefits from David Bradley and handles a significant volume of Employment Tribunal and Employment Appeal Tribunal work. Emily Walker is also a key name to note.
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Testimonials

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  • ‘At all times I felt comfortable and Gareth Dando remained a constant and the extremely high level of service level did not alter one bit.’

  • ‘Responsive and professional.’

  • ‘Gareth Dando is excellent. He is accessible at short notice, gives succinct and pragmatic advice and provides the safety net that my organisation requires.’

  • ‘What we like is the varied experience and expertise from the team - we know we can get advice on anything to do with the business all in one place. They are very thorough, calm and help take away the pressure and worry.’

  • ‘On the Employment Law side, we work closely with Gareth Dando at the Practice. Gareth is always readily available whenever we have an issue that needs to be addressed. Inevitably when Employment Law issues arise they need to be addressed quickly, and we have found that Gareth provides clear and concise advice in a really timely manner that leaves us in no doubt as to the correct course of action.'

  • ‘We work with the employment team for a couple of key reasons: firstly, as a valuable sounding board, and secondly, for support on special projects when issues arise. The advice we receive is always thorough, and the actions taken are decisive.'

  • ‘Emily Walker is our go-to on this subject — incredibly knowledgeable when it comes to the process and refreshingly realistic when it comes to defining what’s ‘reasonable’ in those inevitable grey areas.’

  • ‘The team have strong capabilities across both statutory and high court employment law.’

  • 'They offer clear, practical and commercially focussed employment advice and are very proactive at responding.'

  • 'The team are very knowledgeable in dealing with our main issues of employment or general business legal issues. When we require advice on other legal aspects they are very quick to respond bringing in other specialist team members as required.'

Key clients

  • British Bung Manufacturing Co Limited
  • Northern Belle Limited

Work highlights

Acted for the Appellant in an Employment Appeal Tribunal case against a judgment by the Employment Tribunal which found that the Claimant had been unfairly dismissed and subjected to harassment related to sex by reason of having been called “bald”.
Acted for a director and shareholder for unfair dismissal and wrongful dismissal, which succeeded at fully contested hearing in which the other director was found to have acted dishonestly and conducted a sham process of dismissal.
Acting for a leading online retailer in defending an Employment Tribunal claim for discrimination on grounds of an employee’s gender reassignment. The employee, who identifies as a woman, is the biological father of a child and is claiming they were refused the right to take maternity leave and forced out of the business.

Practice head

Gareth Dando

Other key lawyers

David Bradley, Emily Walker