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Gordon Turner

Reported Cases

Over the years I have been involved in some cases of broader/public interest. You can read about them by Googling ‘Gordon Turner Employment Lawyer.’ Here are a few examples and my thoughts on them…

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Defending legal claims at work

The last thing an employer needs at time like this is an employee dispute: legal costs disruption and strategic risk (diverting information/contacts away etc.) not to mention compensation awards. There’s no upside.

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Settlement Agreements- What’s it worth?

With Furlough coming to end soon employers may think of downsizing their workforce in the short-term so I’ve prepared this note to help with the discussion process. Settlement Agreements are legally binding contracts allowing employers and employees to part company safely. They offer certainty, tax efficiency and very importantly closure but the sticking point is often - what’s it worth?

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R Elliott v Slough Children’s Services Trust – July 2021

Over the last 5 years I have represented SCST on no less 13 occasions and we have succeeded in 12 and in the other we reduced the claim from £100,000 to £10,000. RE was the last of them, I hope.

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AM v Zeal Ltd – May 2021

AM was representing himself and seemed to be egged on by a third party for some reason. I explained to him along the way that a key part of any whistleblowing case (that he had raised concerns about failures to comply with legal obligations) didn’t have any legs…

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