Employment Lawyer David Greenhalgh is listed a Recommended Lawyer for his work for employers in the Legal 500 2025 edition (the main independent guide to the best lawyers in the UK).
David has 30 years of experience providing employers with focused expert employment legal advice aimed at protecting them and reducing their exposure to employment/HR related risk.
“As well as having acted for employers for 30 years, I also act for employees and senior executives so I know all the strategies they (with their lawyers) will use against you and how you can defeat them”
David’s specialisms include exiting tactics and settlement negotiations, restructuring, redundancy and TUPE, restrictive covenants disciplinary action and workplace investigations. He is currently working with employer clients from the insurance, media, professional services and fund management sectors on various matters including exits, getting staff back to the office, approach to mental health sickness absence and redundancy planning.
David created new employment law in the landmark Sunrise Brokers v Rodgers case in the High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court. David acting for the successful employer in holding a departing employee to notice/non-compete without the employer having to pay the employee.
Examples of David’s recent work for employers:-
Over the years David’s expertise as a specialist employment lawyer has been recognised in both the leading independent guides to the UK legal profession.
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