Tughans Solicitors

Jack is a director in the employment team and supports clients on all aspects of employment law.

Much of his work involves:

• Restructuring, redundancy and TUPE processes.
• Conduct and performance management.
• Employee exits and pre-termination negotiations.
• Post-termination restrictions and enforcement.
• HR support, employment contracts and policies.
• Workplace data privacy, including monitoring, background checks and subject access requests.

Jack regularly represents clients in the courts and tribunals, often in complex and high value claims. He has appeared in the tribunals, county courts and Court of Appeal.

Jack is qualified to practice in both Northern Ireland and England & Wales and has particular expertise advising UK-wide and multinational employers operating in Northern Ireland.

His recent experience includes:  

• Representing a public sector body in successful resolution of a high value claim for unfair dismissal, disability, sex and religious belief / political opinion discrimination.
• Representing a large employer in successful mediation of a high-value equal pay, sex discrimination and unfair dismissal claim.
• Advising numerous multinational technology businesses on all aspects of UK / NI employment law.
• Supporting an industrial manufacturer with a post-TUPE transfer restructuring exercise across sites in NI and GB.

Jack is a member of the Employment Lawyers Association and Employment Lawyers Group NI and regularly contributes to Legal Island.