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Employment: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire

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Consilia Legal’s employment team, led by Marie Walsh, handles a broad mix of contentious and non-contentious matters for a diverse client base, including SMEs, not-for-profits and high-net-worth individuals. Walsh is known for her work on senior executive exits, discrimination claims and day-to-day advisory matters. Victoria Horner is noted for her pragmatic approach and is regularly instructed on complex grievance procedures, TUPE issues and redundancy consultations. The firm maintains a dual focus on both claimant and respondent work, with a growing emphasis on employer mandates, particularly in the hospitality, healthcare and retail sectors.
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Testimonials

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  • ‘The team at Consilia is great. Marie Walsh is fantastic - her clients and peers love her. Her enthusiasm for employment law and justice filters down through the whole department, creating a motivated and experienced team.'

  • ‘Marie Walsh is a fantastic lawyer - personable, engaging, enthusiastic and intelligent. A safe pair of hands for any employment matter but with a particular love of whistleblowing cases. I have no hesitation recommending Marie (and all of her team) to my clients, contacts and family alike.'

  • 'They are a ‘go-to’ firm for Employment law.’

  • ‘Marie Walsh is an outstanding lawyer and also adds mediation expertise to her skill set. She is excellent with clients and gains a good understanding of the issues early on.’

  • ‘They are straight talking with a clear commercial, but compassionate focus and determined to find a solution to practically support clients.’

  • ‘Marie Walsh always finds time to speak, even on urgent matters, she goes above and beyond to provide clear advice, identifying options and risks.'

  • 'Marie Walsh is friendly, warm, focused and a joy to speak to.’

Practice head

Marie Walsh

Other key lawyers

Victoria Horner