Chris Hadrill – Partner
Chris is the head of the employment team. Chris has specialized in employment law since he qualified in 2012 and has helped thousands of individuals and businesses.
Chris has a wealth of experience acting in a broad range of employment law matters for a variety of clients in both the public and the private sectors. He has particular expertise in unfair dismissal and discrimination law, and issues relating to whistleblowing, redundancies and reorganisations.
Chris is an experienced advocate and represents clients on a regular basis in the Employment Tribunal.
Qualifications
BA (University of Southampton) – 2006
LLB (College of Law) – 2009
Areas of expertise
Contentious
- Bringing and defending claims in the Employment Tribunal
- Advocacy in the Employment Tribunal
- Unfair dismissal claims
- All types of discrimination claims
- Breach of contract claims
- Wrongful dismissal claims
- Restrictive covenants and confidentiality issues
- Bonus and commission disputes
Non-contentious
- Negotiating and drafting contracts of employment
- Negotiating and drafting directors’ service agreements
- Sickness absence and performance management issues
- Confidentiality agreements
- Data protection
- Employment status and consultancy arrangements
- Advice on handling discipline and grievance issues
- Advice on implementing redundancies and re-organisations
- Advice on handling dismissals and internal appeals
- Drafting compromise agreements for both employers and employees and negotiating exit packages
Memberships
- Law Society
- Employment Lawyers Association
