Industrial Relations

Our Industrial Relations Work

• All
• UK & Europe

• Advising Unions in redundancy and TUPE transfers

  Advising on consultation with unions in redundancy and TUPE transfer situations where industrial action is threatened

  Allegations of failure to consult on a change programme

  Advising a company in the UK in relation to a high value claim brought by a trade union for a failure to inform and consult appropriately around a change programme.

  Establishing internal employee consultation structures

  Advising clients in establishing internal employee consultation structures (both with and without unions)

  Legal options of balloting and strike action

  Advising on legal options around, and the legality, of balloting and any calls for strike action (and working in relation to any industrial action being called off)

  Long running Unite Employment Tribunal case

  Advising on a long-running employment tribunal case brought by a trade union Unite, relating to collective consultation and protective award proceedings

  Pre-litigation equal pay case and Trade Union negotiations

  Advising a plc on a substantial pre-litigation equal pay case with over 600 potential claimants, which included undertaking an equal pay review, reporting on liability and quantum, negotiating with the trade union and co-ordinating with an equal pay expert and Counsel.

  Request for registration as a leviable establishment

  Working with an industrial services company in the UK in relation to a request from a training board for its registration as a leviable establishment.

  Resolution of dispute and avoiding industrial action

  Working with an international company in relation to the management of its relationship with its recognised unions, and the management of a dispute and avoidance of industrial action

  Resolving disputes via ACAS and other processes

  Advising clients in dispute situations as to how to resolve existing disputes via ACAS and other processes

  Trade Union rule book revisions

  Assisted in drafting rule books revisions for 2 major trade unions

• Aircraft Charter Agreements

  Advising numerous operators regarding aircraft charter, wet lease and dry lease agreements

  United Kingdom

  Airport operator issues

  Acting for a London airport operator regarding slots, ground handling issues and charging regulations

  United Kingdom

  Airport Operators

  Advising airport operators regarding slots, airport charges, groundhandling, liability and international standards, emergency planning;

  United Kingdom

  Airworthiness and Type Design

  Advice regarding airworthiness and type design compliance demonstration and certification for civil and military platforms

  United Kingdom

  EU External Aviation Relations

  Advising various airlines, investors and the European Commission regarding EU external relations, horizontal agreements, open skies agreements and bilateral air services agreements; Advising a non-EU airline and its government in its negotiations with the European Commission on an EU horizontal agreement

  United Kingdom

  Flybe Slots Sale

  Advising on more than 50 slot sales, purchases and other transactions, including acting for Flybe in the sale of its slot portfolio at Gatwick to easyJet, and acting for British Airways in the landmark High Court case which confirmed that slots may be traded.

  United Kingdom

  Hazardous Goods

  Advising stakeholders on the carriage of hazardous goods by air and land; advising carrier regarding handling of mercury spillage

  United Kingdom

  Regulatory Advice

  Advising numerous airlines and other stakeholders on aviation regulatory issues including EU nationality of ownership and control rules,  EU ETS, air passenger rights (including under Regulation (EC) 261/2004), ATOL and package travel rules, Air Passenger Duty, passengers with reduced mobility, the carriage on unaccompanied minors, airline licencing and operating permits, security and counter-terrorism for civil aviation. Advising on web based selling and price transparency rules.

  United Kingdom

  Unmanned Aircraft Systems

  Advising UAS operator regarding access to airspace, airworthiness and radio spectrum usage; advising European Commission on liability and insurance aspects of a UAS study

  United Kingdom