Bio
Shona is an Employment Partner.
Shona has more than 10 years’ experience in providing strategic and practical employment advice, specialising advising clients in the higher education and financial services sectors.
Her expertise spans employee disputes, internal governance, complex safeguarding issues, whistleblowing complaints, regulatory matters (including both financial and non-financial misconduct), and international and multi-jurisdictional matters.
Shona has particular expertise in advising on litigation in the Employment Tribunal, Employment Appeal Tribunal and the High Court; issues around flexible working, disability discrimination and application of the capability procedure; staff welfare issues, including substance abuse and mental health; and drafting and advising on TUPE clauses in the context of service provision changes and business transfers and supporting clients in related negotiations.
Examples of Shona’s work include:
- Advising a client on a potentially high-profile case of non-financial misconduct.
- Successfully managing a high-risk exit of a senior executive returning from maternity leave.
- Changing terms and conditions of a senior management team, including advising on the consultation process and managing settlement agreements.
- Advising on cases of student-on-student harassment.
- Supporting clients in their consultations with unions in respect of restructures and changes to terms and conditions.
- Conducting a high-profile case of race discrimination, resulting in a strong result at judicial mediation.
- Advising on misconduct at a European University.
- Advising on restructures across different jurisdictions.
- Advising on the taxation, contractual and legal implications of foreign-based workers.
- Advising on enforcing employees’ return to the UK.