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Roger Spence

Partner

Employment & HR

Roger is a Partner in Harrison Drury’s Employment team. He qualified as a solicitor in 2001 and has specialised in employment law throughout his career.  He deals with the full breadth of non-contentious and contentious employment work.  He provides pragmatic, timely advice and works closely with businesses to provide commercially focused and strategic guidance on employment matters. He advises on complex HR and employment tribunal matters and the employment aspects of business acquisitions and disposals, restructuring and redundancy processes.  He has a particular expertise in enforcement of restrictive covenants in employment-related litigation, including bringing/defending claims for breach of restrictions and misuse of confidential information.

Roger has experience of alternative dispute resolution, including mediation.  He provides training to clients and workshops/seminars on employment law/HR matters.

Examples of Roger’s experience include:

  • Advising a UK group company on a large-scale redundancy exercise involving site closures and re-location of staff.
  • Advising a national fire services business during a sustained 15-year period of continuous growth.   Providing employment advice on re-structures, disciplinary and grievance, enforcement of employee’s restrictive covenants.
  • Employment law advice to private equity firms during sustained periods of acquisition of various businesses and subsequent re-structuring.
  • Representing a company in contested litigation over a 2-year period involving an employee/director/shareholder.  Obtained urgent injunctive relief from the High Court regarding the company’s confidential information/property and successfully defended disability discrimination and unfair dismissal claims in the Employment Tribunal.
  • Acting for a national charity in the successful defence of an ET claim of constructive dismissal through to a 5-day contested final hearing.

Outside of work you can find me…

Roger is a former rugby player, having played for Chester and Ormskirk rugby clubs.  He now enjoys watching his sons play the game, along with regular trips to Sale Sharks.

In recent years he has taken up long distance running and has completed several half-marathons. He plans to step up to his first marathon when time allows. Roger also enjoys the theatre and cooking for family and friends.

Roger Spence

Awards and Rankings

Harrison Drury is ranked by leading independent guide to the UK’s top legal firms and solicitors, Legal 500.

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Works alongside

Emma Butterworth

Partner Employment & HR
t: 0161 250 6766
m: 07502 542576

Jamie Campbell

Partner Employment & HR
t: 01772 925381
m: 07880 114410

David Carmichael

Partner Employment & HR
t: 0161 528 4410
m: 07879 891001

Katy Parkinson

Senior Associate Solicitor Employment & HR
t: 01772 925251
m: 07796 583460

Hannah Dickie

Associate Solicitor Employment & HR
t: 01524 952 715
m: 07810 891671

Alex Barr

Solicitor Employment & HR
t: 01772 208537

Helen Russell

HR Consultant Employment & HR
t: 01772 395013
m: 07880 507435

Louise Shaw

Trainee Solicitor Employment & HR
t: 01772 258321

Ethan Jayne

Apprentice Solicitor Employment & HR
t: 01772 429263

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