Simon is an experienced employment law Solicitor working closely with the firm's Corporate and Commercial Department.

Simon provides a hands-on, commercial and no-nonsense approach to helping employers and employees successfully navigate the complex and ever-changing world of employment legislation.

Key Skills

All areas of Employment Law including:

• Settlement agreements
• Organisational restructuring
• Employment contracts
• Breach of contract
• Restrictive covenants
• Redundancy
• Discipline & grievance
• TUPE, discrimination
• Dispute resolution
• Employment tribunal litigation
• Executive severance

Experience

• 25 years' experience resolving workplace disputes.
• Experience working as the HR Director for a successful shoe and workwear distributor.
• Experience working as a barrister in Sydney, NSW.
• Employment litigation experience, including:
  - acting for a female prison officer alleging sex discrimination against HM Prison       
    Service in her successful claim and subsequent appeal to the EAT (Saunders v The
    Home Office [2005])
  - Acting for the appellant alleging disability discrimination against the Environment
    Agency in his successful claim and subsequent appeal to the EAT (Environment
    Agency v Evans [2004])
  - Acting for the claimant in his successful breach of contract claim (Common v Invista)
  - Acting for the claimant in her successful constructive dismissal claim against
    Stagecoach, Bristol.

Memberships

• Member of Employment Lawyers Association

Outside of work

Outside of work Simon enjoys walking his dog Otis around the Stroud Valleys.