Nicholas Hobden
Thomson Snell & Passmore LLP
Solicitor (England and Wales/N.I.)
Regions
- Lower South East
Corinthian House, Galleon Boulevard, Crossways Business Park, Dartford, DA2 6QE, United Kingdom
01322 422540
nick.hobden [at] ts-p.co.uk
Nick is ranked in Chamber & Partners 2011- 2017 as a Leader in his Field and in Legal 500s latest edition as one of the elite “leading lawyers” in his field. He is praised in Chambers UK 2016 as “an expert in his field, and offers timely advice and turns legal jargon into plain English. He is the person you want in your corner when you have a problem”.
Nick covers all aspects of employment law with particular expertise in:
• Conducting Employment Tribunal claims and High Court claims (the latter including restrictive covenant injunction action, breach of contract and unfair prejudice of minority shareholder claims). He takes a robust approach to Employment disputes handling, levering cases for the best possible outcome for clients even when the odds are against them.
• Advising clients on complex and difficult business restructuring exercises and issues relating to varying terms and conditions of employment including pay and conditions. He is a trusted adviser.
• Advising on managed exits for directors and shareholders or senior management arising from board room disputes. He is approachable, reliable and has a great depth of skill and knowledge and relates to his clients instilling confidence from the outset.
Examples of some of Nick’s work include:
• Securing a dismissal of claims for disability discrimination after a case management discussion for just £3,000 – avoiding an exposure of £18,000 compensation.
• Securing the dismissal of a claim for alleged unlawful deduction of wages, in respect of £91,000 commission alleged to be due and payable to an employee of an academy trust school.
• Settlement of a claim for unfair dismissal for just £7,000, against a claim worth £17,000 where the employer had conducted an unfair process leading to a gross misconduct dismissal.
• Settlement of unfair dismissal and sex discrimination claims for £60,000 for a claimant sales manager who wished to return after maternity leave.
• Securing the withdrawal of a TUPE related claim after arguing that TUPE did not apply and threatening a pre-hearing review on whether TUPE applied.
• Securing the withdrawal of an unfair selection for redundancy (unfair dismissal) claim after a costs warning.
• Supporting a third sector organisation in conducting collective and individual consultation on changes to terms and conditions of employment including pay and hours for over 300 employees and managing away the risk of claims.
Reported cases
Brownlow v G H Marshall Limited [2000] 2 B.C.L.C. 655 – unfairly prejudicial conduct of a minority shareholder
Nick covers all aspects of employment law with particular expertise in:
• Conducting Employment Tribunal claims and High Court claims (the latter including restrictive covenant injunction action, breach of contract and unfair prejudice of minority shareholder claims). He takes a robust approach to Employment disputes handling, levering cases for the best possible outcome for clients even when the odds are against them.
• Advising clients on complex and difficult business restructuring exercises and issues relating to varying terms and conditions of employment including pay and conditions. He is a trusted adviser.
• Advising on managed exits for directors and shareholders or senior management arising from board room disputes. He is approachable, reliable and has a great depth of skill and knowledge and relates to his clients instilling confidence from the outset.
Examples of some of Nick’s work include:
• Securing a dismissal of claims for disability discrimination after a case management discussion for just £3,000 – avoiding an exposure of £18,000 compensation.
• Securing the dismissal of a claim for alleged unlawful deduction of wages, in respect of £91,000 commission alleged to be due and payable to an employee of an academy trust school.
• Settlement of a claim for unfair dismissal for just £7,000, against a claim worth £17,000 where the employer had conducted an unfair process leading to a gross misconduct dismissal.
• Settlement of unfair dismissal and sex discrimination claims for £60,000 for a claimant sales manager who wished to return after maternity leave.
• Securing the withdrawal of a TUPE related claim after arguing that TUPE did not apply and threatening a pre-hearing review on whether TUPE applied.
• Securing the withdrawal of an unfair selection for redundancy (unfair dismissal) claim after a costs warning.
• Supporting a third sector organisation in conducting collective and individual consultation on changes to terms and conditions of employment including pay and hours for over 300 employees and managing away the risk of claims.
Reported cases
Brownlow v G H Marshall Limited [2000] 2 B.C.L.C. 655 – unfairly prejudicial conduct of a minority shareholder
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