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Eight Legal provides professional Employment Law, HR and Business Development Services to SMEs throughout the UK
Many clients tell us how much happier their businesses are as a result of working with us. Staff are more positive and motivated. As a consequence, this translates into increased profit for the business too.
Whether it’s recruiting and retaining the right team, managing absence or performance, or dealing with issues around maternity or disability, we can help.
We will ensure all your policies and procedures are up-to-date so you stay on the right side of the law and will also deal with negotiations with ACAS or solicitors if needs arise.
Many clients tell us how much happier their businesses are as a result of working with us. Staff are more positive and motivated. As a consequence, this translates into increased profit for the business too.
Whether it’s recruiting and retaining the right team, managing absence or performance, or dealing with issues around maternity or disability, we can help.
We will ensure all your policies and procedures are up-to-date so you stay on the right side of the law and will also deal with negotiations with ACAS or solicitors if needs arise.
Our vision is simple – to provide the best employment law and human resource support service to businesses whilst helping our clients create high performing teams.
Our approach is to identify what a business wants and needs and then work with them to provide a solution. All of our team (see below for details) are experienced in offering practical, industry-specific, business-focused advice and solutions.
Most of all, we work hard for our clients and want them to succeed
Let us help you to build the high performing team your business needs.
James has been advising Businesses on Employment Law and team performance since 1998.
Kay's experience of the veterinary environment give Eight Legal a unique insight into how best to support practices.
Luke is a leading regional expert in employment law. He specialises in Employment Tribunal claims, senior executive exits and discrimination claims, including equal pay.
Gill advises on all aspects of employment law including contracts, policies, procedures, discrimination, dismissals, disputes and general contract law.
Don’t Ask Yourself. Ask Us.
Our experienced legal advisors, solicitors, barristers and mentors work together to provide the perfect solution for your business. No one understands the employment law challenges business owners face better than we do.
Let us help you to build the high-performing team your business needs.
Our practical HR & employment law support takes the stress out of managing your team
We’ll ‘join the dots’ so you understand what your people really need to do their best work
Eight Legal provides professional Employment Law, HR and Business Development Services to SMEs throughout the UK
Eight Legal offers two hours per month of pro bono work to people who otherwise cannot afford legal advice.
James comes from an academic legal background, he decided to become a teacher having completed his Master’s in Human Rights law at the University of Leicester Graduate School of Law. He wrote and ran the International Human Rights law course at Oxford Brookes University rather than be a solicitor or barrister he was involved in writing and teaching. However, he has solicitors and occasional barristers on his employment law update courses.
He has held visiting lectureships at the University of Nice and as a guest speaker in law and ethics at Cambridge University Judge Business School.
Formerly, James was a legal adviser in Housing law to two MPs and was based in the House of Commons.
James reaffirmed his Catholic beliefs in 2023 and is committed to aligning the principles of Universal Human Rights and anti-discrimination law with Catholic values (and values of all faiths) by using law as a tool for justice and freedom from discrimination.
James offers four hours of his time every month pro bono for people who have experienced discrimination but do not have the means to pay for legal advice.
Areas of special interest include neurodiversity, and disability discrimination with specialist input from Solicitor and Barrister Luke Menzies LLM and animal welfare, with specialist input from Dr Kay Hamblin, his wife, fellow director and veterinary surgeon.
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