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03 June 2014
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Philomena Price—Spratt Endicott Solicitors

Employment team recruits partner

Spratt Endicott Solicitors has strengthened its employment team with the appointment of a new partner, Philomena Price.

Philomena is an experienced employment tribunal advocate and has been involved in successfully fighting a variety of claims, including complex discrimination claims, unfair dismissal and Working Time Regulations claims. She has extensive experience within the food, transport and drinks, hospitality and leisure sectors including dealing with large scale collective redundancies and staff disputes. As well as delivering commercial advice, Philomena also regularly delivers training and has developed modules for online training on a variety of topics including equality and diversity.

The head of the employment team at Spratt Endicott, Carol Shaw, says: “Having Philomena join our team is a real boost to our existing knowledge and services. She is an outstanding lawyer with specialist sector knowledge and she will be an extremely valuable addition to our team and to the company as a whole.”

 

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