Employment advocacy and advice from Five Paper
Five Paper’s Employment barristers provide clients with representation, advice, mediation and assistance at tribunals and courts across all areas of employment law. We combine a broad and deep understanding of the law with a firm grasp of issues to deliver exceptional results.
Our Expertise
We welcome both complex and straightforward cases involving:
- Unfair dismissal and wrongful dismissal
- Equal pay
- Restrictive covenants
- Breach of confidence
- Transfer of undertakings
- Redundancy, including pre-redundancy consultancy
- Discrimination
- Unlawful deductions from wages
- Contractual claims
- Harassment and bullying claims
- Health and Safety at work
- Work related stress claims
- Trade Union matters
Two of our barristers are amongst the UK’s leading experts in appeals against Health & Safety enforcement notices. We also have extensive experience of acting in all types of discrimination cases. If you need advice on a matter, please contact our clerks on 020 7815 3200. They will be happy to recommend a suitable barrister.
Our Clients
We work for public and private sector organisations and individuals. Much of our work comes through solicitors or local authorities, however in some situations we can assist companies and members of the public directly. Please contact our clerks or visit the Public Access page for further information.
We occasionally undertake conditional fee agreements for harassment, bullying and work-related stress claims.
Our Team
Five Paper’s Employment team includes specialists at all levels, enabling us to provide you with a service that is both expert and cost-effective.
To view profiles of our team members, including their individual areas of expertise, please click on the names in the panel to the right
Seminars
We arrange seminars for clients to help illuminate areas of law – these are accredited by the Law Society and the Bar Council for continuing professional development. You can find details of past and future seminars here.
We are also happy to create tailored training events for existing and prospective clients in the public and private sectors. We also run well-received tribunal role plays in which we help to prepare managers who are due to appear at a tribunal.
If you would like to discuss bespoke training options, please contact Alan Stammers, our Senior Clerk.