Chris Leitch - Associate
Chris specialises in employment law and conducts tribunals across the UK for a wide variety of clients. He also advises on a wide range of non contentious employment matters.
provides a full advocacy and advice service for a wide variety of clients from PLCs to high net worth individuals Chris is highly regarded and his recent experience has included advising EC and US owned companies on restructuring/termination of UK operations and related redundancies; advising a Government Department on potential claims under Part Time Worker (Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations with potential implications for claims exceeding £1m; advising on high level executive severance across all sectors; obtaining review of a compensatory award to nil after utilising fresh evidence; handling a number of cases before the EAT; advising and representing a PLC in an alleged whistleblowing claim by finance director; and heading up a team of lawyers which provides advice under tender to Local Authority employees on equal pay.