Redundancies

It’s important to understand that redundancy is not a disciplinary process and you should not be unfairly singled out. The process of redundancy selection should be based on fair and objective criteria which are applied universally to the jobs in question.

If your whole workplace is shutting, your options are very limited and you’re unlikely to be able to do anything to challenge the redundancy.

However, if you are one of a select number fo employees chosen for redundancy, you can challenge the basis of the decision if you believe it’s unfair. Your employer can use objective means such as a disciplinary record to include as criteria in making a decision. However, they must not treat you unfairly or discriminate in any way. This includes: pregnancy, trade union membership, maternity/paternity leave, gender, age, race, religion, sexual orientation, disability, working pattern or whistle blowing.

Under English law, you are entitled to receive a payment if your contract is terminated due to redundancy. You must have been with your employer for a minimum of two years to quality. The amount you are entitled to receive depends on your age:

• For each year of employment you were aged under 22 yrs: half a week’s pay
• For each year of employment you were aged between 22-40: one week’s pay
• For each year of employment you were aged 41 yrs or above: one and a half week’s pay

The amount of weekly payments are subject to a limit of £525, with a total maximum statutory payout of £15,750. Many employers choose to pay more; check your contract for details.

Many ask us ‘what’s different about you?’ and we like to reply, ‘because we go the extra mile’. We see our work as building and maintaining good business relationships rather than just earning fees. How we do this is by keeping in constant contact with our clients and intermediaries. From pre to post instruction we ensure that our clients are informed of all legal issues that may impact their business and therefore lives. That is why we provide daily or weekly updates to ALL of our clients whether there is anything to tell them or not (we don’t charge for this we just see it as part of our service). We like our clients to rest peacefully knowing that when we are instructed, and we say ‘we will take it from here’ they know we mean it.

The world is changing, and many individuals are realising that lifestyle is as vital to them as is income. We are the lucky ones who can hand pick lawyers who can provide the best quality advice but at outer city costs. Our offices are in North West London which may not be the most salubrious in the market but at the same time this allows us to charge our clients for what they pay for, our advice NOT our office space.

ALL our lawyers have previously worked in large city-based law firms and continue to practise and offer  the same high level service  they provided to clients in the City but without the pressure and demands often dictated by City law firm. This allows us to be competitive on our fees without compromising our service.

All in all, our clients win, which is the way we like it.

All our clients benefit from the same high level of care and attention whether the instruction is big or small. At the outset of each matter, we discuss the entire process with our clients, including the costs, potential outcomes and issues associated. This is to ensure clients are fully aware, knowledgeable and are in control always. Supporting and ensuring we provide the highest level of services, we offer our constant contact process with the partner or barrister leading  your file, a document log in for matters which are for larger and more complicated instructions and on-going support post transaction should our clients require it. Our aim is not just to get the work done, but to make our clients’ lives easier as we do it, which is why we ensure that our clients have regular access to the resources they need from us.