Leeanne has extensive experience advising a range of regional, national, and international employer clients on various contentious and non-contentious employment law issues. She is dual qualified and practises in both Northern Ireland and England & Wales.
She assists HR, management, and in-house legal teams with a range of day-to-day employee relations issues, such as poor performance, ill health, disciplinary matters, and grievances. She also provides advice and guidance to clients on redundancy exercises, contract and policy reviews, senior employee exits, and the transfer of employees under TUPE.
A whistleblower is a person who identifies and speaks out against poor and potentially harmful working practices.
Protection for whistleblowers has been in place since 1998, under the Public Interest Disclosure (Northern Ireland) Order 1998. It provides protection against detriment and dismissal as a result of making a protected disclosure.
In recent years there have been many high-profile whistleblowing cases making the headlines, including a number from within NHS Trusts, and here in Northern Ireland just last year, a settlement and apology to former vet for the Department of Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA). The settlement with Dr Tamara Bronckaers made the headlines following a finding by the Industrial Tribunal that she had been constructively dismissed.
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