David Hughes

Partner & Solicitor Advocate (Employment Law) @Addleshaw Goddard

I have specialised in employment law since am accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a specialist in employment law. I qualified as a Solicitor Advocate in 2012 and have extended rights of audience in the Court of Session and Supreme Court. I practice in all areas of employment law, including conducting advocacy in the Employment Tribunal and EAT throughout the United Kingdom. I predominantly advises employers and senior executives, dealing with the full range of employment law issues including unfair dismissal, discrimination, TUPE, senior executive exits and redundancy. I have many years’ experience advising on employment law issues in the oil and gas industry in particular. I work across Addleshaw Goddard\'s offices in Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow. I have developed an interest in workplace mediation over the last 6 years and have undertaken mediation in commercial and employment law disputes, as well as judicial mediation in the Employment Tribunal. Having a particular interest in training and development, I was senior tutor in employment law at Aberdeen University in the post graduate Diploma in legal practice from 2013 to 2017 and I also undertake many training courses for clients on all aspects of employment law, HR practice and procedure, mediation skills and management skills.