Employment & HR

Harrison Drury provides clients with access to a highly experienced team of employment lawyers as well as specialist HR professionals who deliver support across the full range of employment law issues ranging from day-to-day HR matters to complex projects and defending employment litigation.

The benefit of the combined HR and employment specialisms in the team is that advice in both areas is closely aligned in order to minimise client exposure to disputes. The team works proactively with clients to avoid disputes arising and manage issues and they work in the long term with retained clients in this respect, acting as an extension of clients’ in-house teams, protecting your business and working to long term objectives.

Whether you are an SME, an owner managed business or a large corporate organisation with your own HR team, the solicitors and HR professionals at Harrison Drury provide support across the whole employment lifecycle from onboarding staff and ensuring contractual arrangements are fit for purpose through to day-to-day management of all people matters right through to exit, working creatively with clients to identify commercially focused solutions where needed.

Employment and HR services:

Day to Day Employment Advice

Complex Project Work

Employment Litigation & Tribunals

Corporate Support

Executive Employee Issues

HR Consultancy

HR Compass

Training

The team also supports clients with redundancy exercises, helping you to navigate the often difficult and complex restructuring process, adding a wealth of value to the process and negotiating with staff where the stakes are high, whilst ensuring compliance is achieved to protect the client from any future claims.

Employment advice extends to contractual work for both new and existing staff, service agreements and policies, handbooks and other documentation, in line with increasing levels of compliance in a fast moving and ever-changing area of law.

We pride ourselves on the relationships we develop with our clients and the commercial and pragmatic legal advice we provide. We will take the time to get to know your business and will work collaboratively and commercially with you to ensure our advice works with your operational needs and approach to managing legal risk.

As employment law is constantly evolving, we make sure our advisors are up to date with all the latest developments so that you can rest assured we have you covered. We don’t use legal jargon – our advice is provided in a straightforward and clear way so you know exactly what you need to do and if you need it, can receive support on the practical implementation of that advice from our HR team.

Meet our Employment & HR team

Alex Barr

Solicitor Employment & HR

t: 01772 208537

m: 07385 501619

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David Carmichael

Partner Employment & HR

t: 0161 528 4410

m: 07879 891001

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Emma Butterworth

Partner Employment & HR

t: 0161 250 6766

m: 07502 542576

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Ethan Jayne

Apprentice Solicitor Employment & HR

t: 01772 429263

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Eva Hood

Paralegal Employment & HR

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Hannah Dickie

Associate Solicitor Employment & HR

t: 01524 952 715

m: 07810 891671

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Helen Russell

HR Consultant Employment & HR

t: 01772 395013

m: 07880 507435

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Jamie Campbell

Partner Employment & HR

t: 01772 925381

m: 07880 114410

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Katy Parkinson

Legal Director Employment & HR

t: 01772 925251

m: 07796 583460

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Lauren Wood

Solicitor Employment & HR

t: 0161 515 5509

m: 07350 361908

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Roger Spence

Partner Employment & HR

t: 01772 374731

m: 07584 373929

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Sophie Holt-Rogers

Trainee Solicitor Employment & HR

t: 01772 258321

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The professionalism and ease of contact of both yourself and Hannah throughout made the whole process run very smoothly

Thankyou very much for your email and for all that you did to help with my requirements. The professionalism and ease of contact of both yourself and the team throughout made the whole process run very smoothly and I am very grateful that it is now all sorted.

Great service and friendly staff

I needed the services of an Employment Law solicitor on short notice and HD came to the rescue with great service and a friendly staff.

A job well done

Katy did a terrific job on the final report and letters. We were delighted and very impressed we have achieved a splendid outcome after all our hard work and your insightful, professional summing up. Thanks again for a job well done.

I found David very personable and will certainly use him again.

Swag Mukerji, Centaur Media

David is a very smart and commercial lawyer focused on employment matters. His approach to solving a thorny problem was creative and backed up by his deep knowledge of the subject and his ability to communicate. I found him very personable and will certainly use him again.

I would recommend his services highly.

Karen Bosher

I worked with David on a number of difficult cases and was always extremely impressed by his professional approach, steady hand and expert advice. When you consult with a large corporate partner a key attribute is being able to develop rapport quickly, assess matters confidently and advise the client impartially to deliver the right outcome. In my experience David delivers over and above every time and it was a pleasure working with him.

I would not hesitate to recommend David!

Nicola Byrne

I have known David now for some 10 years and sought his advice and counsel many times. David is pragmatic to work with, incredibly insightful and technically excellent.He fully understands the world of HR. I would not hesitate to recommend David to any business and always welcome the opportunity to work with him as I know that I am in safe hands.

Davids advice has never let myself, my team or business down.

He fully understands the world of HR and will not only provide a legally correct insight but will also then discuss the realities of what this means for a commercial business. As we all know sometimes the legal answer is not always practical in the world of HR and so David has stepped me through other options and couples this with the balance of risk. His advice has never let either myself , my team or business down.

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Employment & HR

Harrison Drury provides clients with access to a highly experienced team of employment lawyers as well as specialist HR professionals who deliver support across the full range of employment law issues ranging from day-to-day HR matters to complex projects and defending employment litigation.

Employment and HR services:

Meet our Employment & HR team

Alex Barr

David Carmichael

Emma Butterworth

Ethan Jayne

Eva Hood

Hannah Dickie

Helen Russell

Jamie Campbell

Katy Parkinson

Lauren Wood

Roger Spence

Sophie Holt-Rogers

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Commercial Dispute Resolution & Avoidance

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