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Employment law solicitors in Liverpool
Based at Horton House in Liverpool city centre, our award-winning employment lawyers provide clear, concise and strategic advice on a range of complex matters.
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Employment law specialists serving businesses & individuals across Liverpool
Our employment team is one of the largest and most specialised in the country.
We provide the full range of employment legal services for businesses and senior professionals across the Merseyside, Chester and West Cheshire areas, including:
- Contracts, policies & procedures — support for employers in developing contracts of employment, director service agreements and the full suite of HR policies and procedures.
- Disputes & litigation — advice in defending all types of tribunal claims, including unfair dismissal, discrimination and whistleblowing cases.
- Immigration — support for employers navigating complex immigration law, helping businesses to remain compliant with their sponsorship duties and advising on fast-changing visa requirements.
- Redundancy & restructuring — guidance to help you balance tough workforce decisions with employee interests and reputational risks, including around TUPE.
- Recruitment & workforce solutions — supporting recruiters in navigating employment law including worker status, agency worker regulations advice and national minimum wage investigations.
- Reproductive health — helping organisations to support employees experiencing reproductive health issues.
- Restrictive covenants & post-termination restrictions — advice for businesses and individuals on the enforceability of and disputes in relation to covenants such as non-compete clauses, non-solicitation clauses, non-dealing clauses and non-poaching clauses.
- Settlement agreements & exits — clear, concise legal advice and support for individuals around settlement agreements and executive severance negotiations.
- Trade union & industrial relations — guidance for employers on managing trade union relationships and developing a clear, proactive industrial relations strategy together with handling matters relating to industrial action and injunctions.
- Training — tailored employment law training courses for HR teams, operational managers and in-house legal teams, focused on prevention rather than cure.
Talk to us by calling 0333 004 4488, emailing hello@brabners.com or completing our contact form.
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Award-winning employment lawyers, on your side
Collectively, we’re repeatedly recognised as a ‘Top Tier’ legal firm for employment law by leading lawyer directory The Legal 500.
The team includes a number of ‘Leading Partners’, ‘Next Generation Partners’ and ‘Key Lawyers’.
We routinely handle complex contentious and non-contentious employment matters for a wide range of organisations, from SMEs to large corporates — including some of the largest household names in the UK.
With over 30 dedicated lawyers and support staff, we offer industry-specific insight for challenges employers face across construction, healthcare, hospitality, housing, manufacturing, professional services, recruitment, retail, sport and more.
We can also provide guidance for navigating new legislation and regulation, including the Employment Rights Act.
We support businesses and individuals right across the Merseyside area, including the city of Liverpool, Sefton, Knowsley, St Helens, Wirral and beyond.
We're proud supporters of the North West and North Wales HR Director of the Year Awards, which celebrate the region’s best HR leaders.
Meet our Liverpool employment team
A ‘Top Tier’ Liverpool employment law firm
“Brabners is my go-to firm when I need any help from a legal perspective. The employment team is always brilliant to deal with — helpful, speaking in plain English (not legal jargon) and commercial in outlook and approach.”
Client feedback, Legal 500, 2027
“Brabners' employment team, led by Nick Campbell, is very much an extension of our in-house HR team. We rely on them for their depth of knowledge of employment law and their ability to translate that into commercial solutions.”
Client feedback, Legal 500, 2027
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A purpose-led independent law firm, founded in Liverpool in 1815
Anchored in the North, our multidisciplinary team serves people and businesses across Liverpool and the wider Merseyside region with passion and pride.
We’re on a mission to make the difference for our clients and communities. As well as becoming the first law firm to become B Corp-certified in 2022, we've founded an independent charity, The Brabners Foundation.
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