Helen Scott

Senior Associate Solicitor

Helen is a Senior Associate Solicitor at Collingwood Legal, she is a highly experienced and skilled employment solicitor. 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 start-up businesses to multi-national public limited companies.
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.
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 upon and negotiating numerous settlement exit deals and agreements.

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Noteworthy cases

PLC Software Company (2007-2013) – successfully managed a long running procedurally complex unfair dismissal claim by the former Group Financial Accountant.
Retail sector Respondent (2010) – redundancy case – successfully defended the claim and achieving a costs order against the Claimant.

What people say about Helen

“Helen Scott, Paul McGowan and Charlotte McBride are flawless in their advice, commercial understanding, knowledge of employment law and approachable services.” -(Legal 500 2024)
“Excellent” -(Legal 500 2025)
“Helen Scott is invaluable and incredibly helpful, credible and effective” –(Legal 500 2023)
“Your work has made a huge difference to our family, to how we feel and given us confidence with which we can now look to the future.” – (Client)
“I wanted to thank you for your help and advice in dealing with a difficult situation appear much easier than I expected.” – (Client)

Outside of work

Helen enjoys spending time with her family, doing crafts and baking with her daughters, and likes to wind down with a good film or box set, and nice glass of wine.

Accreditations

Collingwood Legal have worked closely with the College on a number of key projects. The Collingwood Legal team have consistently provided valuable advice and I would highly recommend their personable and candid approach.

Principal at Leading FE College

Boutique employment law firm Collingwood Legal is recognised for its 'expertise in dealing with complex, high-end disputes'.

Legal 500

Collingwood Legal stands out for its 'excellent response times' and 'business acumen' alongside its 'pragmatic and practical' advice.

Legal 500

Comprehensive advice tailored to practical situations. Collingwood Legal demonstrate a real understanding of the employers perspective. Would have no hesitation in recommending to other businesses.

HR Director – Construction firm