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Employment Law
Redundancy
Our redundancy solicitors will take employers through every step of the process helping towards a fair outcome and the avoidance of future legal claims.
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Our experts will help you with a fair redundancy process to guard against legal claims
Redundancy with minimal disruption
Making staff redundant is never an easy decision, but with the right legal advice you can reach fair outcomes and minimise disruption to both your employees and your business. Our lawyers can also help you avoid future legal claims by making sure the process is correctly managed from the start.
Get the best legal advice from the outset
When considering a redundancy or reorganisation process, it’s important to get expert advice before you start. You must ensure the process is valid and justified. This may arise because your business is closing, merging, relocating, downsizing, or that the role or roles in question are no longer necessary. Depending on numbers, do you need a collective consultation? In any event, you must consult meaningfully with employees early on in the process to give them an opportunity to influence the outcome.
"The employment team works very well together. You invariably have at least two or three solicitors focused on your case, which means you benefit from multiple perspectives on any given problem." Legal 500 2026
How we work – our track record
Tees has extensive experience guiding employers through redundancies, reorganisations and restructures. We have expertise in handling both individual and collective redundancies. Minimising disruption to your business and ensuring a smooth transition for all involved is at the heart of our approach.
Our redundancy solicitors offer advice and services which include:
Our redundancy solicitors offer advice and services which include:
- Collective redundancies
- Individual redundancies
- Changing terms and conditions of employment
- Managing dismissals
- Preparing scripts
- Providing templated letters
- Identifying potential legal issues with your proposed changes
Legal and financial advice under one roof
Tees is a top-tier Legal 500 firm offering joined-up legal and financial services. We have our own independent financial advisers (IFAs), who work closely with our lawyers.
Our advisers provide holistic financial planning and as we are not connected to any one provider, we can offer a whole-of-market approach for the range of products we can advise on. We can also give independent advice for a whole range of insurance products to protect you and your family. Our IFAs are regulated and authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority, which means we’re accountable for the advice we give.
Get in touch today, we’re here to help
If you need support managing a redundancy process, our employment law specialists can provide clear, practical advice tailored to your business. We can help you navigate the legal requirements, consult with employees and manage the process fairly and effectively, helping to reduce risk and ensure your organisation meets its obligations.
We have offices across Cambridgeshire, Essex and Hertfordshire, but we can help you wherever you are in England and Wales.
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