Helen Scott

Partner

Helen is a Partner at Collingwood Legal, she is a highly experienced and skilled employment solicitor, with a wealth of technical expertise particularly in the management and tactics of handling employment tribunal claims. Helen qualified as a solicitor in 2007 and spent 9 years specialising in employment law in a large commercial firm in Newcastle upon Tyne before joining Collingwood Legal in 2018.

Helen is recognised as a recommended lawyer in the Legal 500 UK rankings.

Experience

Examples of Helen’s experience include:

• Advising and acting for a broad range of clients, ranging from individuals and small businesses to multi-national companies and public sector organisations, particularly in the education sector.
• Representing clients in numerous Employment Tribunal cases involving claims of unfair dismissal, whistleblowing, discrimination, TUPE transfers and contractual disputes.
• Supporting and advising clients through disciplinary and grievance matters and providing strategic and practical advice on reaching a desirable outcome.
• Providing practical day to day advice to employers on statutory and contractual obligations in the workplace.
• Providing comprehensive and tailored advice to employers on their TUPE obligations upon transfer of a business or contract.
• Advising employers on collective consultation obligations and industrial disputes.
• Providing support for both employers and senior individuals in agreeing and implementing negotiated exits.