Position: Partner/Head of Employment and Employment Training

Specialism: All aspects of employment law work, including Employment Tribunals, discipline and dismissal, large and small scale redundancy handing, Compromise Agreements, restrictive covenants, TUPE, all  types of discrimination, managing sickness absence, stress and fitness for work.    

Year qualified: 1995

Career

Joanne specialising in Employment Law. Joanne graduated with Honours from the University of Northumbria at Newcastle and was admitted to the roll of Solicitors in 1995.

Joanne completed her training in private practice with a firm of solicitors from the Tees Valley area, and continued to work in private practice, specialising in Employment Law and Personal Injury, until she joined EEF Northern Association in January 2001. Joanne was Head of the Legal Department for EEF Northern a ‘business only’ employers organisation, before relocating to Cumbria to join Baines Wilson. 

Joanne has also been actively involved in employment law training delivery during her career.

Joanne is a member of the Employment Tribunal User Group for the Regional Office of Employment Tribunals in Newcastle and a member of the Employment Lawyers' Association.

Key areas of Specialisation

Joanne has throughout her career acted on behalf of business in the Employment Tribunals around the country and is an advocate and litigation specialist. Joanne has handled cases on behalf of a wide range of employers from SMEs to listed companies. Her case load has been varied and has included redundancy situations and workplace closures, dismissal of senior executives and compromise agreements, allegations of discrimination on the grounds of race, sex, sexual orientaion and disability. Joanne also had a special interest in health at work and has lectured on this topic at Nottingham University. Joanne has also developed and delivered bespoke training programmes for a number of clients. 

Joanne has been involved in organizing an annual health conference in the North East that has attracted high profile speakers and national interest. Joanne has also addressed a number of conferences and seminars, particularly on the subjects of fitness for work, managing sickness absence, stress, occupational health and health promotion at work.  

Bespoke Employment training

If you would like employment training tailored to meet your specific business needs and designed to dovetail with your own polices and procedures, please contact Joanne  to discuss your requirements. 

 Contact Details

Tel: 01228 552600
Fax: 01228 549560