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Employment Solicitor
 

About Me

With over 20 years’ experience in the practise of employment law, across the private and public sectors, I provide business clients, senior executives and managers with a high quality, specialist, service tailored to their own requirements.
  

 


My services include advising employers on:

  • drafting compromise/settlement agreements;.
  • business change, reorganisation and restructuring;
  • redundancies and termination of employment;
  • Employment Tribunal proceedings (including discrimination claims);
  • changes to terms and conditions of employment;
  • outsourcing/TUPE transfers;
  • drafting contracts of employment, consultation documentation, Human Resources policies, procedures and handbooks;
  • sickness absence management;
  • performance management;
  • grievances;
  • complaints and discipline issues

In addition to dealing with employment law proceedings, I offer a comprehensive advice and drafting service so that by working practically, and proactively, with clients on their workforce issues and their contracts of employment, policies and procedures:

  • the risk to clients of employment law proceedings is decreased, saving them time, money and damage to reputation;
  • the business benefits of good employment relations can be achieved.

 
 

I appreciate that employment relations difficulties can be a major distraction from making, and keeping, a business profitable and that this can be a cause of great frustration and concern.

Quite simply, conflict in the workforce affects profitability.

I am here to help and improve matters, so that my clients can concentrate on business success.

I understand my clients’ needs and provide:

  • a client focussed service in a way that suits them;
  • commonsense solutions to practical problems;
  • prompt, to the point, advice, that can be trusted;
  • a sensible opinion on their chances of litigation success and the likely costs;
  • transparent fees (with some fixed fees available for non-litigation work);
  • a “breath of fresh air” positive approach.

To reduce disruption to my clients, meetings can be arranged at their offices, if they wish; otherwise client meetings are held at Cambourne Business Park, which has good transport links and ample car parking. Alternatively, if clients prefer, meetings can take place at offices facilities available for use in Compass House Vision Park, Histon, Cambridge.

 
 

I am committed to providing my clients with high quality legal advice and client care. However, in the event of complaints, these will be handled in accordance with my Complaints Handling Policy, a copy of which is available upon request. Please note that a complainant who is dissatisfied with my handling of their complaint can ask the Legal Ombudsman to consider it and that time limits apply. The Legal Ombudsman can be contacted at PO Box 6806, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV1 9WJ, telephone 0300 555 0333,enquiries@legalombudsman.org.uk, www.legalombudsman.org.uk".

 
 

Sole practitioner: Melanie Best LLB (Honours)
1010 Cambourne Business Park, Cambourne, Cambridge CB23 6DP
Tel: +44 (0)1223 597832 | Fax: +44(0)1223 598 001 | E-mail: mlb1@melaniebest.co.uk

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