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LIZA KNIGHT
Employment

Specialist Experience

  • Dismissals
  • Redundancy processes
  • Discrimination
  • Disciplinary, performance and grievance issues
  • TUPE
  • Restrictive covenants
  • Long term sickness and disability
  • Contracts, staff handbooks and employment policies
  • Employment related litigation in both the ET and High Court
  • Family friendly rights
  • Part-time/fixed-term employment rights

Experience

Liza qualified in a City practice more than 20 years ago and remains fascinated by employment law. She has acted for a huge range of companies, individuals, charities and trade unions in both contentious and non-contentious matters. Liza enjoys finding pragmatic solutions to problems and takes pride in being straightforward and approachable.

Admitted as:

  • Solicitor of England & Wales 2002

Qualifications:

  • BA History (Manchester)

  • PGDL & LPC – College of Law

Career history:

  • D J Freeman

  • Travers Smith

  • Fladgate LLP

  • Draper Lang LLP