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Employment

Leathes Prior’s Employment Team has long been regarded as one of the leading employment law teams in East Anglia and beyond. The expert team advises both employers and employees on all aspects of employment law.

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T: 01603 281153

our team

Dan Chapman

Dan Chapman

Partner

Sarah Appleton

Sarah Appleton

Partner

Gareth Stevens

Gareth Stevens

Senior Associate

Harriet Howes

Harriet Howes

Senior Associate

James Conley

James Conley

Solicitor

Nicolas Price

Nicolas Price

Solicitor

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our team

  • Dan Chapman Partner
  • Sarah Appleton Partner
  • Gareth Stevens Senior Associate
  • Harriet Howes Senior Associate
  • James Conley Solicitor
  • Nicolas Price Solicitor

contact

E: info@leathesprior.co.uk

T: 01603 281153

Recent News

  • Obtaining a UK visa as an amateur or professional artist
  • Reducing the Spread of Respiratory Infections Including Covid-19 in the Workplace
  • How do I hire an employee from overseas?
  • Update to government plans regarding the Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme
  • What does the end of Covid-19 restrictions mean for employers?

Our Employment Team acts for a number of household name employers and prides itself on providing dynamic advice tailored to the specific requirements of the client. Each employer or employee is unique but the team’s decades of experience, technical expertise and commercial awareness ensures an exceptional service is provided. With an enviable track record in the Employment Tribunal over many years, we are able to represent our clients fearlessly if litigation becomes necessary. Our expertise in all areas of contentious and non-contentious employment work includes:

  • Employment Disputes, Litigation and Tribunal representation
  • Advocacy services (before the Employment Tribunal, Employment Appeals Tribunal and other courts)
  • Termination of Employment
  • Settlement Agreements
  • Discrimination, Bullying and Harassment 
  • Contracts, Policies & Staff Handbooks
  • Disciplinary and Grievance advice
  • Redundancies and restructuring
  • Restrictive Covenants and Injunctions
  • Trade Union recognition and disputes
  • Mergers, acquisitions and disposals, and TUPE advice
  • Business Immigration and Visas
  • In-House Training and HR services
  • Employment Agencies and Business
  • Gangmasters Licensing Authority regime
  • Legal advice for senior executives
  • Health and Safety in the workplace

 

Our Employment Team’s reported cases include:

Mousa v RCP Parking Ltd & National Car Parks Limited (ET)

O’Brien vs TRO Group Limited (ET)

Kemp v Norwich and Central Norfolk Mind (ET)

Godfrey Morgan Solicitors v Cobalt Systems Ltd (EAT)

Burdett vs Aviva Employment Services Ltd (EAT)

Ladell v Royal Mail Group Limited (ET)

Jamieson v Fowler Welch Limited (ET)

Conisbee v Crossley Farms Ltd (ET)

Bill v Norwich University of the Arts (ET)

Hancock v Ter-Berg and NHS England Midlands & East  (EAT)

Mr M Costello V Fowler Welch Limited (ET)

Mr A Hedderman v Fowler Welch Limited (ET)

Dennis v Mass Computers Ltd (ET)

Lynda Hulme – HR Director, Fowler Welch
My confidence in the outcome was never in doubt as you guys are great, both in the preparation and the execution. I really enjoy working with you for your professionalism and your humour, both go a long way so thanks again.
England and Wales Cricket Board - ECB
We honestly could not have got through the year without your help
John Gordon-Saker - CEO, OPEN Youth Trust
Working with Leathes Prior is an absolute joy. They are small enough to deliver personal service but large enough to have a team of lawyers with experience and well connected enough to help us network around the business community. Their seminars are always very informative and not at all dull or crusty! Employmentor is an excellent service that puts clients in direct contact with lawyers at the top of their game. I’m so glad OPEN Norwich made the switch.
Darren Grice - Executive Director, The Garage
I love you guys! You’re so can do. Thanks for your help, as I said before, you guys rock!
Client feedback
I want to thank you and the whole team at Leathes Prior for your amazing support this year, I personally have appreciated the professionalism and the speed with which you have always answered all my queries and assisted me.
Client feedback on the employment advice helpline
It’s not a helpline, it’s a lifeline
Lynda Hulme – HR Director, Fowler Welch
Under normal circumstances, the service we receive from Leathes Prior is always efficient and top class, however your timely responses and insightful advice as have grappled with furloughing as well as the on-going business as usual demands (ETs / Good Work Plan / Holiday Pay / GDPR to name but a few !), have been particularly appreciated in these surreal times, especially as I know you will have been dealing with an unprecedented number of queries from all your clients. So a huge thank-you on behalf of the Board and specifically from my team with whom you have shown inordinate patience !
CEO, Rent4Sure
You really are the best – so thanks for all your support this year – you have simply been the best with my young directors, holding their hands at every turn. You are almost one of the team!!
Kate Howarth - Head of People & Culture - British Horseracing Authority
Dan Chapman is the best solicitor I've ever worked with. We've used him for years.
Lynda Hulme – HR Director, Fowler Welch
A huge official thank-you to you both for all the hard work and expertise you applied to help us win this case…. I never doubted either of you on this one, but still worthy of due recognition for a job well done
Headmaster of a leading independent school
Thank you and that is amazingly quick – service with a smile!
HR Director from a national company
Gosh what a weekend, you are amazing!
Client feedback
Just a quick email to thank you for all of your advice and support throughout this process. You are an absolute credit to your profession and your law firm. You will, without doubt, be receiving future recommendations based on your work ethic, honesty and pure professionalism.
Client feedback
I just wanted to take the opportunity to thank you again for the high standard of service that we received from you. I found your advice to be very clear, useful and prompt which made a real difference in what was a very stressful and difficult situation. I am very happy with how the matter was dealt with and I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Leathes Prior, and yourself in particular, to others. Thanks also to Coco who assisted you.
Client feedback
Thank you for all your excellent advice, negotiations for the additional amounts and particularly your kind support - very much appreciated It was good to know, throughout that there was a professional from whom I could get the right support and feel I could trust them to treat me well. I would definitely recommend you to others.
Client feedback
I want to thank you very much for your support on this matter and tell you that if it had not been for you making this process a bit easier I would have struggled to cope with all the stressful affects of it. Please also pass on my thanks to Coco for her initial reassurances and knowledge.
Legal 500
Leathes Prior acts for a large number of large employers across East Anglia, though it has a particularly strong presence in Norfolk. The practice led by Dan Chapman is known for its Employment Tribunal advocacy. Partner Sarah Appleton is recommended for complex TUPE and redundancy matters.
Legal 500
Response times are the best and industry knowledge is first class at Leathes Prior.
Chambers & Partners
Advise national clients across a wide range of employment issues, with notable experience at the Employment Tribunal. Noted also to act for a diverse spectrum of employers, including those in the sport, education and franchising sectors.
Chambers & Partners
They are a professional and customer-focused firm who are successful and a pleasure to work with.
Legal 500
Excellent in all respects – quick, practical advice and good value for money.
Client feedback
I really do appreciate your support and advice during what has been a very unsettling and stressful time. Having you there beside me has been a massive boost in helping me to see through what seemed a pretty thick fog at times
Client feedback
Firstly, we are very grateful for Dan representing us on Thursday. You saved us extra legal costs and were very helpful in briefing us on the subtle distinctions in considering last minute options. I could almost hear your mind impressively whirring. It would have been very easy to have launched us into battle, having done all your expert preparation, especially at the twelfth hour with us all fired up, chomping at the bit. Restraint doesn't come easily to me. With your expert guidance, we made the right decision. Tricky to accept at the time but I'm reminded whatever the issue, usually the hardest option is best. Ours sincere thanks also to Sarah for her diligence and hard work behind the scenes. She is clearly a very talented asset to the number one law firm in the County.
Client feedback
Can I take this opportunity of sincerely thanking you for all your patience, advice, support and enthusiasm – at times when the going looked difficult you in your pragmatic style kept our feet on the ground, and reassured us that we were strong and in the right. We will always be extremely grateful.
Legal 500
Leathes Prior is one of the big players in employment disputes in East Anglia. Tough fighter Dan Chapman is a household name in high-value matters. It is hard to find someone who is so capable and prepared to fight hard.
Chambers & Partners
The Employment Team is noted as active on the employer side and also able to offer experience in representing employee claims. A highly reputable player in the local market and also noted for work on behalf of clients at a national level across a full range of employment law matters. Client said "The team covers the whole spectrum of employment law matters and there have been no problems with the service - we have been very happy." Highlighted work the team has undertaken includes providing comprehensive employment law advice to a full franchise network which includes providing training and representing the client in any litigation that arises.
Chambers & Partners
The team covers the whole spectrum of employment law matters and there have been no problems with the service - we have been very happy.
Chambers & Partners
Dan Chapman heads the department and is acknowledged for his skills as an advocate before employment tribunals. He is excellent and very efficient; he can think on the spot and give you both an answer and direction.
Legal 500
The effective and efficient Dan Chapman has exceptional knowledge and business acumen. The firm’s innovative web-based employmentor service is unrivalled in its value for money.
Legal 500
This professional and experienced team offers a level of client service that is as close to faultless as could be achieved.
Chambers & Partners
Clients trust this Norwich-based team to give clear and practical advice on the gamut of employment law issues, from tribunal claims to reorganisations.
Legal 500
Dan Chapman is straight to the point, prompt, professional and his advice is always relevant. The Employment Team is assertive, commercial and on top of their game and Dan Chapman is a leading individual in East Anglia.
Chambers & Partners
A tremendous wealth of knowledge and experience, provides a brilliantly cohesive service and has demonstrated a capacity to undertake highly complex work.
Legal 500
Dan Chapman’s expanding Employment Team should be heralded for its excellent response times, commercial acumen and good value for money.
Chambers & Partners
The Employment Team is high-quality and goes from strength to strength. Clients are impressed with the group’s knowledge, promptness and helpfulness.
Chambers & Partners
Leathes Prior has captured the claimant market, acting for high-profile executives.
Legal 500
The Employment Team has an expanding reputation with Dan Chapman noted for his speed, efficiency and thoroughness and his Tribunal appearances.
Client feedback
They are a very good firm - I highly recommend them.
Legal 500
The team is very strong, Dan Chapman is extremely quick, thorough and efficient.
Client feedback
Just a note to thank you for your robust advice, your patience and approachable attitude which made the nasty experience of redundancies a lot easier.
Legal 500
Leathes Prior treats every client and every problem individually and takes the time to listen and learn about each client in order to give relevant, practical and correct advice. The firm has a diverse client base in Norfolk that includes SMEs and national employers, as well as employees.
Chambers & Partners
The team are particularly good at assimilating to their clients' situations to be able to provide the best possible advice in a timely manner.
Legal 500
Dan Chapman has a stellar reputation in the county and leads a team of four in which associate and ‘extremely able advocate’ Gareth Stevens is ‘particularly good at making clients feel at ease and coming up with solutions they can understand and move forward with’. Sarah Appleton and Harriet Howes are also recommended.
Chambers & Partners
Advises national clients across a wide range of employment issues, with notable experience at the Employment Tribunal.
Legal 500
Clients praise the firm’s subscription-based Employmentor service, which provides access to legal materials and advice on HR matters and in which Sarah Appleton plays a key role.
Chambers & Partners
An outstanding service.

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