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Ben Doherty
Senior Associate

Professional experience

Ben is a Senior Associate based in our Glasgow office. He has specialised in employment law for almost 10 years and during that time has built up considerable experience in advising employers in respect of a broad range of employment law matters.

Ben has represented employer clients from a range of sectors, including construction companies, service providers and large financial service institutions in Employment Tribunals across the UK and has experience of defending unfair dismissal, equal pay and the entire range of discrimination claims.

Ben has also considerable experience of advising clients in respect of the application and effect of the TUPE regulations. He regularly acts for customers and service providers in respect of large scale outsourcing contracts and ensures that his client’s risk in such arrangements is mitigated by the inclusion of suitable indemnities and warranties.

Ben also provides day to day employment law and HR strategy advice to clients in respect of disciplinary and grievance matters, redundancies and restructurings, changes to terms and conditions of employment and equal opportunity issues.

Credential highlights

• Acting for a service provider in respect of 180 equal pay claims
• Representing an employer in respect of claims brought under the discrimination of the grounds of religion or belief regulations
• Representing numerous clients in respect of Unfair Dismissal claims
• Acting for the service provider in respect of a TUPE transfer involving circa 9,000 employees