Paul Menham
Partner @gunnercooke
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WORK HISTORY
Partner @gunnercooke
Leeds, GB
I am a partner at gunnercooke specialising in employment and education law.I provide strategic employment law advice and tribunal representation to a number of clients including a large number of schools and academies.I work with a number of HR professionals advising businesses and providing support starting with recruitment, through disciplinary and grievance matters, performance management and retention issues all the way through to dismissal, team moves and poaching of staff/teams. I advise on commercial and corporate transactions including the employment aspects of outsourcing, insourcing and second generation contract changes, business acquisitions, business protection and executive terminations.
EDUCATION
The University of Huddersfield
Master of Laws (LLM)
The University of Huddersfield
LLB (Hons), Law
SKILLS
ABOUT PAUL MENHAM
I am a Partner in the employment team of award-winning law firm gunnercooke.I work for a number of public and private sector clients and have a particular focus on the education sector. I have considerable experience in defending discrimination claims. I also enjoy strategic project work including collective redundancy exercises and restructures. I have advised on a number of restructures following TUPE transfers (and enjoy a reputation as something of a TUPE geek!). I have successfully defended a number of clients in reported (appeal) cases including Echendu v Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc (UKEATPA/1675/07) and Ali-Balogun v NSL on time limits in the EAT, Singh v DHL Services Limited on the burden of proof, The Manchester College v Cocliff (UKEAT/0035/10) the first reported appellate case on the Fixed Term Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2002 and The Prison Officers Association v Gough Cox (UKEAT/0405/09) on whether an employee can have two employers. I successfully defended The Manchester College in the heavily publicised (see Google!) Tribunal claim brought by X-Factor contestant Faye Bray and defended Thornton Grammar School through to the Court of Appeal in John-Charles v Thornton Grammar School & Others have an enviable record in both the Employment Tribunal and the EAT and some of my (very kind) clients have commented that I deliver “accurate, thorough and practical” advice and display “professionalism, dedication and a passion for delivering customer needs”.I am recommended by Chambers & Partners in their 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 guides (link below). They most recently described me as follows:‘Paul Menham of gunnercooke LLP advises on everything from TUPE to redundancy and restructuring-related matters. Sources say he is \"a very astute employment lawyer who is very impressive and a brilliant commercial adviser”.’I have also been recommended by Legal 500 on numerous occasions.
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