Trade Union Legal Expertise
Employment Legal Services
Within our experienced employment law team, Senior Associate Solicitor, Kate Lea is the main contact for advising on trade union negotiations, legislation and employment law.
Kate Lea, Senior Associate Solicitor
Lawson-West Solicitors, Leicester
Read Kate Lea's full bio here.
The employment team has extensive experience advising both companies and individuals about restructurings of services, managing business transfers and redundancy.
Whether employees are directors or staff, trade union members or not, our team has the expertise to advise on TUPE, trade union liaison and employee protected rights. We can act for either employer, or claimant employees.
Kate Lea has expertise to liaise with employees who have an existing or new trade union issue or complication to do with their employment where there is membership of a trade union.
Insolvency & Employment Law
Kate Lea has extensive experience of trade unions and their members in the event of structural reorganisation of the workplace. Whether that be the result of a transfer of a business or the in/outsourcing of services or, the closure of a business, in whole or part.
Amid Covid, Kate Lea was instrumental in providing advice to trade unions and their members and most notably at mass meetings of members following the administration of Flybe and Causal Dining Ltd which resulted in thousands losing their jobs and pursuing successful claims for compensation.
Kate works in conjunction with our litigation and disputes team to provide a comprehensive insolvency service to commercial and individual clients affected by insolvency employment and redundancy issues.
