Michelle Morgan
Senior Associate, Employment

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Michelle Morgan

Senior Associate, Employment

Michelle is a Senior Associate in the Commercial team. She is based in our Maidenhead office.

Michelle has specialised in employment law since qualifying in 2005; she has worked in a number of top national and regional heavyweight firms. Michelle delivers regular seminars on employment law both internally to our clients and referrers, and to external organisations including the CIPD. Michelle also writes for many publications on employment matters, including The Times, Personnel Today and Mother and Baby Magazine.

Employment Law Experience

Michelle advises on all aspects of employment law, and she has considerable experience in a broad range of employment issues, including: drafting and advising on contracts of employment and director’s service agreements, drafting and negotiating settlement agreements, advising on restrictive covenants, guiding employees and employers through redundancy processes, and assisting our corporate team’s clients with TUPE advice. Michelle also assists with the usual day to day ‘HR’ type issues that arise for both employers and employees, such as disciplinaries, grievances, sickness absence, maternity and discrimination. Michelle also advises on bringing and defending employment proceedings in the Employment Tribunal, as well as the steps that can be taken to avoid litigation.

Work Highlights

Recovering considerable damages for a council employee in a complex disability discrimination case;
Defending a vexatious race discrimination claim brought by a job applicant against a large city corporate;
Removing a non-compete injunction on behalf of the company’s directors who had set up their own business;
Defending numerous TUPE claims from a national bus company

Legal Directories and Awards

She is recognised within her field and has been named as a recommended lawyer in the Legal 500 rankings for the last 4 consecutive years; always delivering practical and commercial advice.