Employment

Record-breaking Employment Team

Russell Jones & Walker's employment team has a national reputation and is independently recognised as one of the UK's leading employment firms. Our standing in the eyes of the profession is confirmed by the consistently high rankings that we achieve in professional directories. Chambers and Partners guide to the UK legal profession ranks Russell Jones & Walker's employment department as the top firm acting for employees in the UK, while the Legal 500 recommends us as one of the top tier firms. The department has been selected 'Employment Team of the Year' at The Lawyer magazine's annual awards three times, in 2000, 2002 and 2006, a record-breaking number of wins. We were also named finalists in 2007.

Our expertise

Russell Jones & Walker has a large team of highly experienced solicitors dedicated to providing prompt, practical and authoritative advice to all employees. The team comprises skilled, professional and tenacious lawyers with highly reputed expertise. We have worked on many leading cases and have experience in every aspect of employment law.

A significant part of our work involves advising employees on how to manage and resolve problems. Our experience of mediation and conflict resolution strategies ensures our clients do not always have to resort to litigation.

That does not mean however that conflict can be avoided at all costs. We handle litigation with sensitivity and understand that when disputes arise, what seemed at first to be the simplest of issues can often evoke the deepest feelings. We ensure that everyone we represent receives not only the best legal representation, but also the level of consideration and care you would expect from a leading employment firm.

"This employment group impresses competitors with its dominance of the claimant market. It acts for public and private sector clients in unionised and non unionised industries. The team is home to a range of experienced lawyers with quite different styles of working, but overall the team is considered to be 'aggressive, switched-on and consistently good.'"

Chambers and Partners, 2009 edition

"Clients declare ‘total confidence’ in the team at Russell Jones & Walker, which brings ‘very specialist knowledge’ to instructions from major unions and senior individuals across an ever-widening range of sectors."

"With experience in high-profile cases of racial, sexual orientation, disability and age discrimination, the firm continues to advise clients such as the Police Federation, British Armed Forces and the League Managers Association."

Legal 500, 2008 edition

Executive Reps

Have you been called to a grievance or disciplinary hearing? Russell Jones & Walker Executive Reps offers their senior executive clients the option of being accompanied by a trade union representative at any grievance or disciplinary hearing – even if their workplace may be non-unionised.

For anxious or cautious senior City execs who would value the support of a bullish, experienced companion at a critical time, Russell Jones & Walker can now meet that need.