Kevin Poulter
Partner
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Kevin leads the employment team in Freeths’ London office. He has over 18 years of experience in advising a broad range of commercial and corporate clients, charities, not for profit organisations and senior executive employees on all aspects of the employment relationship. As well as advising clients on day-to-day employment issues, Kevin is a trusted advisor for both new and long-established clients, combining his personal knowledge and experience to find commercial solutions to complex legal matters.
Kevin regularly advises companies and employees in negotiating employment terms and on senior termination and exit arrangements.
Kevin is the host of The Hearing, a popular legal podcast produced by Thomson Reuters. He is a regular contributor on employment and social media issues to local and national press and broadcast media and writes regularly on topical legal stories. He has contributed to several books including “Doing Business after Brexit: A Practical Guide to the Legal Changes” published by Bloomsbury Professional.
Kevin is a respected speaker on employment law with a special interest in the use and impact of social media in the workplace. He is a successful facilitator of training sessions, seminars and roundtable events for a wide range of member organisations, businesses and charities.
Legal Services
Employment
Kevin regularly advises on discrimination claims, business transfers and reorganisations, as well as general HR advisory and contracts work.
Kevin has a particular interest in the development of social media, its impact on the employment relationship, and related disputes. He is able to identify and provide guidance in this area in relation to general commercial concerns, including data protection, privacy, defamation and intellectual property matters arising from the fast-paced growth in digital and communications technology.
Recent Work
- Advising an international architecture practice on an acquisition and large-scale reorganisation and redundancy across several offices.
- Advising a client in the preparation and implementation of a trade union recognition agreement and future workplace changes.
- Advising an international pharmaceutical company on the relocation of its principal establishment in the UK to France, including assisting with a large-scale consultation exercise, business reorganisation and redundancy process.
- Defending a national charity in an unfair dismissal claim by an employee involved in a social media privacy breach.
- Successfully defending a claim of pregnancy and sex discrimination made against an employer following a redundancy process.
- Advising a global logistics operator in an outsourcing dispute involving large numbers of employees affected by TUPE.
Charities
Kevin has acted for many charitable organisations and is aware of the particular and sometimes peculiar governance concerns and issues that can arise. He recognises that it is especially important to understand the nature and character of a charity, its board and senior team to properly and fully advise on day to day employment matters as well as long-term strategy.
Kevin frequently advises senior charity employees and assists with employment queries that arise from time to time.
Recent Work
- Defending a national charity in an unfair dismissal claim by an employee involved in a social media privacy breach.
- Advising several charities on a review of their employment contracts and policies, providing specific advice in relation to volunteers and procedures.
Latest
- Employment Law seminar: Atypical Terminations – fair dismissals for ‘some other substantial reason’
- Working Well: Managing Sickness Absence
- Freeths advises Pitch International on the investment of D&G Events and Production
- Recruiting talent in 2023: do’s, don’ts, and definitely the do nots
- Freeths advises LACE Partners on significant investment from Mobeus
- Harassment in the meta workspace
- Freeths’ London Corporate team advises the shareholders of Vero Screening Limited on sale to Accurate Background
- Fit for purpose – Government changes to fit notes
- Employment Law Update – April 2022
- Freeths advises We Are TALA on seed funding to expand sustainable activewear brand TALA
- Employment Webinar Series January – March 2022
- Annual Employment and Immigration Update
- National Inclusion Week Webinar Series
- Freeths advises on the sale of London-based mortgage broker CCA
- Mandatory COVID-19 vaccines in care settings: actions care homes should be taking
- Diversity and inclusion in the financial sector
- All corners of the business world call for mandatory ethnicity pay gap reporting
- Annual Employment & Immigration Update – 15 December 2020
- HR Matters Webinar – What you need to know about the New Job Scheme and more – 5th November 2020
- Remote Working: The Employment Law & Tax Challenges and Opportunities
- Webinar: COVID-19 – Phase 2 of furlough: preparing for a return to work – 3rd June 2020
- Webinar: Covid-19 – How to manage the impact on your staff now and into the future
- Freeths corporate insurance team advises on the sale of the trade and assets of Rural Insurance Group Limited to the Ardonagh Group
- Employment Law Review – January 2020
- Employment Seminar: Performance Management – London – 3rd April
- Employment Review – October 2018
To contact Kevin or for more information…
Call: 0345 404 4133
Mobile: 0797 388 2267
Or email: Send an email
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