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Advocacy
D&W's very own "A" team has the expertise to guide employers through the Employment Tribunal process both north and south of the border, from settlement negotiations to appearing in complex multiparty actions. Our team provides clients with access to first class advocacy skills including a solicitor advocate with extended rights of audience. Our expertise in this area is well recognised in the Legal Directories.

Equality and Diversity
These now familiar buzz words can prove troublesome for employers, but expert advice from members of our Equality & Diversity team helps our clients implement these two fundamentals fairly, promoting good employment relations and minimising the risk of Employment Tribunal claims.

Transaction Services
Providing tailored and practical support for clients in all employment and pensions aspects of transactions and projects (M&A, outsourcing, PFI etc), including advice and negotiation in areas involving TUPE, workforce consultation and changes to terms and conditions of employment.

Academic Employment Law
Acting for a number of Universities and other higher and further education establishments means we are expertly placed to provide practical advice on employment law matters in this sector including advice on industry specific issues, such as the Statutes and Ordinances and their impact on academic and academic related staff.

International
Our specialist lawyers have in-depth experience in co-ordinating international employment matters. Our extensive network of labour law contacts around the globe allows us to provide clients with a comprehensive and integrated response to multi jurisdictional issues.

Business Immigration
Our Business Immigration team provide advice and assistance in relation to obtaining work permits and other types of visas, enabling employers to fill their labour gaps, without falling foul of the law.

Employee Relations, TU and Industrial Disputes
An increasingly important part of the employment relationship, employee and industrial relations issues can make or break a business. We can guide employers through the minefield of collective consultation obligations, negotiation, trade union recognition and other industrial disputes.

Policy Review and Contracts
Changing employment law means employers must have processes in place to ensure that contracts of employment and policies comply with current best practice and legislation. We draft and advise on all types of employee documentation, ensuring employers have up to date and practical documentation in place.

Restructuring and Redundancy
Businesses must react effectively to changing market conditions and demands which often impact on employees. Our expertise in restructuring and reorganisations allows us to provide employers with straightforward advice and guidance on managing change efficiently and fairly, whilst minimising the risks to the organisation.

Insolvency
Not an area for dabbling. Our specialist lawyers are able to advise on employment law and associated liabilities in relation to all types of insolvency regimes.

Executive Severance
Specialist lawyers have experience in negotiating complex termination arrangements, advising on associated PR issues and regulatory matters, as well as tricky bonus and share option provisions. The close working relationships with our tax, corporate and pensions' colleagues enables a 360˚ view of the situation and a comprehensive, integrated solution.

Pensions
Dedicated pensions lawyers form an integral part of our client focussed team and work side by side with employment lawyers to provide a seamless service. Providing practical solutions in an otherwise complex area of law.

Training
Raising awareness and promoting a better understanding of current employment law issues allows our clients to comply with their legal obligations and good employment practices. We offer tailored training programmes for clients, from small, round table discussion groups to hands on seminars using case studies and real life scenarios.

Health and Safety
Employee health safety and welfare has rarely been higher up the political and public agenda .Our health and safety specialists skilfully guide our clients through the complex regulatory regime advising on law and best practice in areas such as work related stress and employee consultation.

Mediation
Mediation is becoming an increasingly popular and successful means of resolving employment disputes particularly where there are protracted negotiations or particularly sensitive issues. Our accredited Mediators can present clients with a wider range of options for resolving disputes, avoiding the restraints of traditional contentious dispute resolution forums which do not always allow clients to find the best solution.

4* Book Review for Health & Safety Team
A fantastic review of Edward McHugh and Andrew McConnell’s ‘Health and Safety Legal Update 2007: Special Report’ has been published in the Heath and Safety at Work magazine. The book, published by Workplace Law, was hailed as ‘a really useful and well written piece of work’.

This review further hightlights D&W's genuine expertise to support clients in this specialist area. As well as strengthening the firm’s profile in this field, the review recognises Edward and Andrew’s stellar efforts in producing the book “This is a book I will come back to again and again during 2007. If you have any money at the end of this financial year, go and buy it.” David Hodgkinson, The Health and Safety at Work magazine. For further information please visit www.workplacelaw.net