Hannah King

Legal Director, Employment

hannah.king@hc.law

01189 899 707

Hannah is a Legal Director in the employment team with experience of acting in contentious and non-contentious matters for clients from a wide range of sectors including manufacturing, pharmaceutical, IT/software, retail and waste management. Hannah is also experienced in advising individuals requiring employment law advice, with a particular emphasis on exit packages for senior executives.

Hannah qualified in 2009 and joined Herrington Carmichael in 2020. Hannah previously trained and qualified at a leading national firm before moving to a well regarded regional practice.

Experience

Projects
Contentious Areas
Non-Contentious Areas
  • Acting for a software company to successfully obtain an interim injunction against a director for breach of contract and fiduciary duties;
  • Acting on the employment aspects of two business acquisitions for the same client which ran concurrently and completed simultaneously;
  • Delivery diversity and equality training to the entire workforce of a client following an allegation of sexual harassment from a former employee;
  • Advising an automotive manufacturing company on the employment aspects of the outsourcing and then insourcing of a commercial operation relating to the storage and transportation of its goods.

Hannah has considerable experience in managing employment tribunal claims and defences from start to finish including claims relating to unfair dismissal, breach of contract, whistleblowing, TUPE and complex discrimination claims.
 
Furthermore, Hannah has experience in advising clients on post termination restrictions, in particular the process involved in the enforcement of these including obtaining injunctive relief.
 

Hannah provides clients with the full remit of day to day HR support including disciplinary and grievance matters, absence management, redundancy, performance and capability, along with preparing contracts, handbooks and bespoke policies.

Hannah is also experienced in devising and delivering internal training to clients on a variety of topics including Diversity and Equality, Flexible Working, Disciplinary and Grievance Investigations, Recruitment and Termination.

Hannah can also provide employment support on corporate transactions relating to business acquisitions and disposals as well as insourcing and outsourcing proposals

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