Latest News
14th September 2009 - Paula Fowler who has been practice manager at the firm since 2002 has been appointed as Managing Partner.
1st September 2009 -Visaka Chandraratna joins the firms criminal department. Visaka has relocated from Leicester and has been qualified for 5 years.
18th June 2009 - John Fowlers LLP are proud sponsors the Street Cycling Event in Colchester. This is the first event of it's kind in the town and we are sure it will be a complete success.
1st May 2009 - Ian Bradford, a former partner of Jackson and Partners now joins John Fowlers LLP, Ian specialises in personal injury, civil litigation and debt recovery.
27th April 2009 - Rebecca Hempstead joins us to continue the expansion of our domestic conveyancing department.
30th April 2009 - Business Fair - We were the only local firm of Solicitors at the first event of it's kind at Charter Hall. The event was very well attended by both businesses and individuals.
31st Jan 2009 - Sheila Crosby and Wendy Cronshey become Partners within the firm.
1st Dec 2008 - Our 6th Trainee Solicitor, Cheryl Dare joins.
31st Oct 2008 - We have been awarded a Training Contract Grant by the Legal Services Comission in recognition of our hard work and dedication to Legal Aid and Access to Justice.
Employment Law
We offer a full range of employment advice for employers and employees.
Our advice covers all areas of employment law including:
Unfair Dismissal
Wrongful Dismissal
Redundancy
Retirement
All areas of discrimination including sex, race, religious, disability and age
Adoption, maternity and paternity rights
Duties of employers and employees
Restrictive covenants
Payment of wages
Data protection including the monitoring and handling of sensitive information
Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment ) Regulations
Working Time
Deductions from wages
Pay including sick pay provision
Equal Pay
Settlement negotiations and compromise agreements
We also provide employment documentation including:
Contracts of Employment for both junior and senior employees
Compromise agreements
Handbooks
Policy Documents including:
Equal Opportunities
Bullying at work
Data protection
Email and internet use
We provide assistance throughout the employment tribunal process including
Drafting and lodging claim or defence of claim
Witness statements
Liaising with and attending at the employment tribunal
Settlement negotiations
Training
We offer training on a variety of areas including
Updates on employment law changes
Handling dismissals
Carrying out a redundancy exercise
The importance of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations
Employing agents
Introducing contractual changes
Employment Tribunals
We are hosting an employment law seminar on 29th July 2009. If you would like to come please complete and return the attached brochure.
As employment law is frequently changing it is important to keep up to date with the changing positions and we provide our clients with a monthly newsletter providing an overview of recent changes in the law.
For further information please contact Karen Morovic. Karen@johnfowlers.co.uk
