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Employment Law Email Service
Legal-Island's Employment Law Email Service is widely regarded as the most efficient and effective way of keeping up-to-date with the fast moving world of employment law in Northern Ireland. The emails, which are written by 8 of the leading law firms in Northern Ireland, cover a range of Northern Ireland specific subjects and case law relevant to both lawyers and HR Professionals alike.
 
Scott Alexander

Weekly Review of Developments
Scott Alexander - Head of Training & Development at Legal-Island

Scott is Head of Training and Development at Legal-Island. He previously worked in industrial relations in Scotland and was, for many years, a Senior Employment Relations Officer with the Labour Relations Agency in Northern Ireland.
Guest writers include Gill Fairley of Jenkinson Consulting, Nicola Shaw of BDO and Emer Hinphey of Thinkpeople.

Joanna White

First Tuesday
Joanna White - Arthur Cox

Joanna White joined the Employment Team at Arthur Cox as a Solicitor in October 2007, having qualified in 2002. Joanna advises private and public sector clients on contentious and noncontentious employment law matters arising in the employment relationship including advising on TUPE, managing redundancy and restructuring exercises, recruitment and industrial relations matters. Joanna is co-author of our popular "First Tuesday" feature alongside her colleague Emma-Jane Flannery.

Maxine Orr

Northern Ireland Tribunal Cases
Maxine Orr - Partner at Worthingtons

Maxine is a Partner at Worthingtons Commercial Solicitors in Belfast. She frequently advises and represents employers on all matters relating to the contract of employment and is a regular speaker at Legal-Island events. She also writes regular emails on NI case law for the Legal-Island email update service.

 

Jenine McCourt

GB Employment Law Cases
Jenine McCourt - Associate Partner at Rosemary Connolly
Solicitors

Jenine is an Associate Partner specialising in employment law, advising employers and employees, at Rosemary Connolly Solicitors, Warrenpoint. Jenine reviews GB case law relevant to NI employers and practitioners.

Kiera Lee

A-Z of Employment Law
Kiera Lee - Partner at Mills Selig

As Head of the Employment Team at Mills Selig, Kiera has developed all areas of the firm's employment practice. She advised on the first published settlement under the Sexual Orientation Legislation. She carries out employment audits on a number of companies and works closely with employers on managing the exit of senior executives. Kiera regularly works in conjunction with the Mills Selig Corporate Team advising on the employment aspect of mergers and acquisitions.

Ciara Dooris Tughans

Topical Legal Issues
Ciara Fulton - Partner at Tughans

Ciara is a Partner in the Employment Law Team of Tughans Solicitors. Ciara has experience in employment law in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland having worked in the Employment Department of a leading Dublin law firm from 2002 until January 2007, prior to joining Tughans Employment Law Team. She provides advice on all aspects of employment law, both contentious and non-contentious to national and international clients, including public sector and private clients, large and small.

Majella McGuiness PWC

Topical Legal Issues
Majella McGuinness - PricewaterhouseCoopers

Majella is an Employment Lawyer working within the Corporate Legal Services Department of PricewaterhouseCoopers in Belfast. She provides clients with a full range of employment law solutions on both contentious and non-contentious matters. Majella advises clients throughout Northern Ireland and Great Britain and has represented clients from both jurisdictions at Tribunal.

Lisa Bryson Carson McDowell

Topical Legal Issues
Lisa Bryson - Carson McDowell

Lisa is as an Associate with Carson McDowell. Prior to returning to Northern Ireland in January, Lisa worked for one of the leading employment law firms in England, Eversheds. Lisa worked for Eversheds for 10 years and has specialised in employment law since qualification in 2000.

Joanne White

Topical Legal Issues
Joanne White - Partner at Jones Cassidy Jones

Joanne is a Partner in Jones Cassidy Jones Solicitors, which specialises in employment and equality law, providing advice and representation to both public and private sector clients.

Michael Black

Case Law and Quarterly Reviews
Michael Black - Partner at Cleaver Fulton Rankin

Michael is a Partner and Head of the Employment Team at Cleaver Fulton Rankin. Every six months, Michael edits our weekly case law reviews into one searchable document. Cleaver Fulton Rankin also provide a review of employment law developments on a quarterly basis.