Our lawyers are adept at handling complex and high-stakes industrial relations matters, both in the UK and internationally. We provide strategic expert advice on:
- Trade union recognition and de-recognition
- Industrial relations strategies and employee relations issues
- Managing and responding to industrial action, including contingency planning and injunctions to restrain action
- Litigation involving trade unions in the Employment Tribunal and High Court, including blacklisting claims
- TUPE and collective redundancy consultation with recognised unions
- European and national Works Council negotiations
Despite a decline in union membership in recent years, trade unions remain one of the most influential forces in the workplace. Our team has a deep, practical understanding of union structures, internal politics, and strategic priorities.
We take a commercially focused and pragmatic approach, ensuring our clients receive the highest quality trade union legal advice to effectively manage industrial relations in a time of ongoing change.