Nicola Twine
Parklane Plowden
Barrister (England and Wales/N.I.)
Regions
- Yorkshire and Humberside
19 Westgate, Leeds, LS1 2RD, United Kingdom
08444995678
nicola.twine [at] parklaneplowden.co.uk
Nicola has an extensive practise specialising in Employment Law. She represents both Claimants and Respondents in equal measure and is instructed from a variety of sources, including individuals, small undertakings, regional and nationwide companies and the public sector extending to the Police, Local Authority, NHS and PC Trusts. She has also acted for a number of firms of solicitors in claims brought against them.
She regularly appears in the Employment Tribunal, on matters ranging from application hearings to multi day cases, and she has appeared in the Employment Appeal Tribunal on numerous matters also. In recent years a number of her EAT cases have been reported.
Nicola has recently been acting for a consultant clinical academic in a high value case for breach of contract and unlawful deduction of wages. The case has involved multiple preliminary hearings, concerning issues of jurisdiction and limitation.
In addition to representation in tribunals, Nicola:
Undertakes both advisory and drafting work. Nicola drafts and advises on compromise agreements and has been involved in the negotiation, on direct access basis, of terms of settlement on the termination of employment in a number of cases;
Represents parties in employment mediations, both judicial and non judicial;
Has an additional practice in personal injury law, with regular advisory and representation work on employers' liability claims, which complements Nicola’s employment practice.
Nicola is accredited to take instructions on a direct access basis and is happy to do so where cases are suitable for instruction on this basis. In recent years she has seen significant growth in her direct access instructions.
Widely experienced in all areas of employment law, including:
•Unfair and wrongful dismissal
•TUPE
•Breach of Contract
•Restrictive Covenants
•Working Time Regulations
•Victimisation
•Redundancy (individual and collective)
•All areas of discrimination, including: sex, race, pregnancy, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, and disability.
She regularly appears in the Employment Tribunal, on matters ranging from application hearings to multi day cases, and she has appeared in the Employment Appeal Tribunal on numerous matters also. In recent years a number of her EAT cases have been reported.
Nicola has recently been acting for a consultant clinical academic in a high value case for breach of contract and unlawful deduction of wages. The case has involved multiple preliminary hearings, concerning issues of jurisdiction and limitation.
In addition to representation in tribunals, Nicola:
Undertakes both advisory and drafting work. Nicola drafts and advises on compromise agreements and has been involved in the negotiation, on direct access basis, of terms of settlement on the termination of employment in a number of cases;
Represents parties in employment mediations, both judicial and non judicial;
Has an additional practice in personal injury law, with regular advisory and representation work on employers' liability claims, which complements Nicola’s employment practice.
Nicola is accredited to take instructions on a direct access basis and is happy to do so where cases are suitable for instruction on this basis. In recent years she has seen significant growth in her direct access instructions.
Widely experienced in all areas of employment law, including:
•Unfair and wrongful dismissal
•TUPE
•Breach of Contract
•Restrictive Covenants
•Working Time Regulations
•Victimisation
•Redundancy (individual and collective)
•All areas of discrimination, including: sex, race, pregnancy, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, and disability.
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