He [Paul] is clearly very knowledgeable in his field and gives you upmost confidence in the advice being provided. He gives you sufficient time and listens to the area of support you require and provides sound legal and commercial advice.
Paul acts for a diverse range of employers, but has particular experience in the following sectors:
- Housing / care – Paul advises major housing organisations (including in the care aspects of housing) and is also Independent Deputy Chair, Audit Committee of Your Homes Newcastle
- Education – Paul has advised schools, colleges and other education / training establishments since 1999. He has a great deal of experience in assisting education providers to manage both short-term staffing issues and long-term staffing strategies
- Recruitment – Paul advises recruitment agencies on the law regulating employment agencies and employment businesses and also the employment rights of agency workers. He has particular experience in this field having previously worked in-house for the Reed Group
- Local Authorities – Paul advises Local Authorities on large projects including collective redundancies, TUPE transfers, substantial misconduct investigations and the defence of large-scale litigation brought by multiple employees
- Football – Paul has advised football clubs in the Premier League, Championship and Football League on employment matters, including in respect of the particular rules governing football players
Recent projects on which he has advised include:
- The defence of a claim brought by three recognised trade unions on behalf of 15,000 employees following the merger of four local authorities into one unitary authority. The claim was successfully defended
- Advising a Premier League football club on the dismissal (and related grievance) of a Premier League footballer and resulting compromise agreement
- Advising a number of start-up recruitment agencies, to include regulatory advice and drafting all commercial/worker contracts
- Advice to a multi-national client on the establishment of a European Works Council including the election of employee representatives
- Acting for national employer clients defending claims for trade union recognition brought by unions in the Central Arbitration Committee
- Advising a client in the motor manufacturing industry on a complex commercial project which involved the TUPE transfer of thousands of employees, a related collective redundancy consultation and the related creation of an employment business to supply agency workers.