Jennifer Winship
Jennifer has nearly 20 years’ experience advising employers on all aspects of employment law. She provides commercially focused advice to businesses across a wide range of sectors, helping clients navigate complex workplace issues with practical, legally robust solutions.
Jennifer is regularly appointed as an independent disciplinary and grievance decision maker, providing organisations with an independent, impartial and legally robust determination in complex and sensitive workplace matters. She is also instructed to undertake complex workplace investigations.
She advises on the full spectrum of contentious and non-contentious employment law matters, including disciplinary and grievance procedures, redundancy and restructuring, discrimination, unfair and wrongful dismissal, managing absence, trade union matters, TUPE and business transfers. Jennifer also regularly delivers training, and reviews and drafts employment contracts, policies and procedures.
Jennifer has particular expertise in advising highly regulated businesses, umbrella companies, employment businesses and recruitment agencies on complex workforce and business model issues. She also advises on salary sacrifice arrangements and flexible benefit schemes.
Her areas of expertise include:
– Independent disciplinary and grievance decision making
– Umbrella companies and employment businesses
– Employment agencies and the Agency Worker Regulations
– Salary sacrifice and flexible benefit schemes
– TUPE, outsourcing and business transfers
– Employment Tribunal litigation and advocacy
Jennifer is known for providing clear, pragmatic advice that balances legal risk with commercial objectives, enabling clients to make informed decisions and confidently manage complex employment law issues.
Tim Cross
Tim has 35 years’ employment law experience.
He specialises in business reorganisation, transfers (TUPE) and collective redundancies but advises on all aspects of employment law & industrial relations.
Tim is a highly experienced advocate, who has represented numerous prestigious private sector clients in Employment Tribunal and successfully appeared in the Employment Appeal Tribunal.
Neil Guss
Neil is a Partner in the employment team, specialising in complex Employment Tribunal litigation with more than 20 years’ experience of handling Employment Tribunal litigation. Neil qualified as a solicitor in 2005 and has a wide range of experience across contentious employment law matters including unfair dismissal, discrimination, whistleblowing, TUPE and trade union issues. Coming […]
Chris MacNaughton
Chris has over 20 years of experience in employment law. He has extensive knowledge of all aspects of employment law and advises large, blue chip organisations across all areas employment practice and industrial relations. He is a highly experienced and successful advocate with vast experience of complex, multi-day discrimination, whistleblowing, class actions, and unfair dismissal […]
Charlotte Ashton
Charlotte has over 15 years of experience, specialising in both employment law and business immigration. She works with a diverse range of private businesses across sectors such as hospitality, financial services, housebuilding, education, and care. Charlotte advises on all aspects of the employment relationship, providing tailored guidance to decision makers including business owners, HR professionals, […]
James Davies
James is a Partner at ESP Solicitors with 15 years experience in employment law. James advises a wide range of private and public sector clients, including in financial services, biotechnology, hospitality, health care and the NHS, and private equity. He has extensive experience in all aspects of employment law, including employment tribunal litigation (often involving […]
Nina Robinson
Nina is an accomplished employment solicitor with experience at leading UK law firms and expertise across a wide range of employment law topics, including discrimination, TUPE, and restrictive covenants. Initially qualifying as a corporate solicitor in 2005, Nina has practised employment law exclusively for over 15 years, providing invaluable and commercially astute advice to employer […]
Lisa Harris
Lisa is a Partner at ESP Solicitors and has over 25 years of experience in employment law. She has extensive knowledge of all aspects of employment law and advises clients across a wide range of sectors, including healthcare and education (both public and private), agronomy, creative industries, charities, and public relations. Lisa has worked with […]