Senior Legal Advisor

Employment Law

Expertise

Jacob is a Senior Legal Advisor in the gunnercooke Employment Team advising on the full range of contentious and non-contentious employment issues.

He regularly represents clients in the Employment Tribunal and Courts, and has appeared as advocate in over 40 hearings, covering claims such as unfair dismissal, whistleblowing and discrimination. He has significant experience of the legal and tactical skills required to successfully resolve employment disputes; either through settlement or, if that is not possible, through litigation.

Jacob works closely with gunnercooke partners Shilpen Savani and Paul Ryman.

Jacob Advises

  • Large corporate employers
  • SMEs
  • Senior executives and employees

Experience Highlights

  • Advising a college on a large collective redundancy exercise involving 100+ employees.
  • Acting for the owner of several nurseries in successfully defending allegations of religious belief discrimination and harassment in the Employment Tribunal.
  • Acting for a charitable trust in defending an Employment Tribunal claim for automatic unfair dismissal related to protected disclosures.

Career History

Previous Law firms

Wilford Smith Solicitors (2021-2024)

Employment Law Advisory Services (2014-2021)

Memberships

Education

Manchester Metropolitan University – Bar Professional Training Course

Lancaster University LLB

Expertise

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Jacob is a Senior Legal Advisor in the gunnercooke Employment Team advising on the full range of contentious and non-contentious employment issues.

He regularly represents clients in the Employment Tribunal and Courts, and has appeared as advocate in over 40 hearings, covering claims such as unfair dismissal, whistleblowing and discrimination. He has significant experience of the legal and tactical skills required to successfully resolve employment disputes; either through settlement or, if that is not possible, through litigation.

Jacob works closely with gunnercooke partners Shilpen Savani and Paul Ryman.

Jacob Advises

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  • Large corporate employers
  • SMEs
  • Senior executives and employees

Experience Highlights

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  • Advising a college on a large collective redundancy exercise involving 100+ employees.
  • Acting for the owner of several nurseries in successfully defending allegations of religious belief discrimination and harassment in the Employment Tribunal.
  • Acting for a charitable trust in defending an Employment Tribunal claim for automatic unfair dismissal related to protected disclosures.

Career History

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Previous Law firms

Wilford Smith Solicitors (2021-2024)

Employment Law Advisory Services (2014-2021)

Memberships

Education

Manchester Metropolitan University – Bar Professional Training Course

Lancaster University LLB