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Justina Ricci

Consultant – Employment

Joined:2022
Admitted:2019

Expertise

Justina Ricci is a consultant solicitor who has extensive experience in dealing with all aspects of contentious and non-contentious employment law for both, employers and employees.

 

Employer Work

 

Her practice covers a wide spectrum of work ranging from drafting or negotiating contractual employment arrangements for established and start-up businesses, to managing dismissals, negotiating exit packages, dealing with grievances, team moves, capability, sickness absence  and advising on GDPR related issues. She has particular interest in dealing with change management, including business reorganisations, change of terms, GDPR compliance, collective redundancy and TUPE consultation and the employment law aspects of transfers of undertakings, outsourcing and business transfers.

 

Justina acts for a variety of UK based clients in legal, healthcare, media and education sectors as well as start-ups and established businesses in retail and tech sector.

 

Justina has over 18 years of business experience which makes her one of the most commercially minded lawyers. She will work to understand your business, your goals and your concerns and will work tirelessly to address them. She believes in good working practice and will provide you and your business with practical, jargon free, commercially sound legal advice. She favours a commercially focused approach which helps clients establish long term employment relationships which they wish to maintain and amicably resolve those which they do not.

 

Employee Work

 

When acting for Claimants she advises clients on issues such as unfair dismissal, discrimination, contract breach claims, holiday pay issues and whistleblowing claims. She assists clients in negotiating exit packages and settlement agreements when they are subject to disciplinary or grievance process and is experienced in litigating matters in the employment tribunal.

 

Justina often assists employees in both private and public sector in respect of discrimination and whistleblowing claims and is known for her resolve when negotiating substantial settlement packages for her clients.

 

She is known for her thorough case management style, tenacity when pursuing the best outcome for her clients and her personal approach to each case which clients find assuring and which helps her deliver desired outcomes to her clients.

Recent / Notable experience

Negotiated a near 2-year salary settlement for a client who was a victim of sexual harassment at work.

Negotiated a substantial settlement for a public sector employee who was subjected to disciplinary proceedings following making of protected disclosure (whistleblowing).

Was involved in a matter which resulted in claimant employee being awarded £74,000 in compensation for discrimination and constructive unfair dismissal

Key Services

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