David Poddington

David has specialised in employment law for nearly twenty years and has comprehensive experience in advising on a wide range of contentious and non-contentious employment law and industrial relations issues. He has particular expertise in organisational change including collective redundancies, changing terms and conditions of employment, and the application of the TUPE Regulations. David advises well-known brands in the engineering, energy, media, advertising, education and leisure sectors.As well as mainstream employment law advice, David has significant experience in advising on data protection and on the interrelationship between pension issues and the employment relationship.David is a member of the Employment Lawyers Association and is recognised as a leading individual in employment law by the Legal 500.AREAS OF EXPERTISE: All day-to-day HR advice (e.g. disciplinary, grievance and absence issues) Contractual disputes TUPE and outsourcing Reorganisation and collective issues Drafting contracts, directors’ service agreements and staff handbooks Employment Tribunal claims Restrictive covenants and confidentiality Discrimination and equality issues Executive severance and settlement agreements Employment issues on corporate transactions Employment and HR training Advice on LLP member issues Data protection · Keystone Law

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David Poddington is an experienced employment lawyer at Keystone Law who has specialised in employment law for nearly twenty years, advising on both contentious and non-contentious employment and industrial relations matters. He has particular expertise in organisational change (including collective redundancies), TUPE, data protection issues in the employment context and the interaction between pensions and employment relationships, and is recognised by the Legal 500.

Practice areas

EmploymentEmployment LitigationTUPE & OutsourcingData ProtectionPensions

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England

Keystone Law · David has specialised in employment law for nearly twenty years and has comprehensive experience in advising on a wide range of contentious and non-contentious employment law and industrial relations issues. He has particular expertise in organisational change including collective redundancies, changing terms and conditions of employment, and the application of the TUPE Regulations. David advises well-known brands in the engineering, energy, media, advertising, education and leisure sectors.As well as mainstream employment law advice, David has significant experience in advising on data protection and on the interrelationship between pension issues and the employment relationship.David is a member of the Employment Lawyers Association and is recognised as a leading individual in employment law by the Legal 500.AREAS OF EXPERTISE: All day-to-day HR advice (e.g. disciplinary, grievance and absence issues) Contractual disputes TUPE and outsourcing Reorganisation and collective issues Drafting contracts, directors’ service agreements and staff handbooks Employment Tribunal claims Restrictive covenants and confidentiality Discrimination and equality issues Executive severance and settlement agreements Employment issues on corporate transactions Employment and HR training Advice on LLP member issues Data protection

England

Expertise

Organisational change and collective redundanciesTUPE and outsourcingDay-to-day HR advice (disciplinary, grievance, absence)Contractual disputes and drafting of contracts/directors' service agreementsEmployment Tribunal claimsRestrictive covenants and confidentialityDiscrimination and equality issuesExecutive severance and settlement agreementsEmployment issues on corporate transactionsEmployment and HR trainingAdvice on LLP member issuesData protection in employmentSectors: engineering, energy, media, advertising, education, leisure

Admissions

Solicitor (England), qualified 1998
Member, Employment Lawyers Association