Ashley Matthews

Ashley is a commercial, practical and pragmatic solicitor with extensive employment litigation and advisory experience. She has advised on a broad range of employment law matters including unfair dismissal, redundancy, unlawful deductions, restrictive covenants, TUPE, whistle-blowing and all types of discrimination. She also advises on the employment law aspects of corporate transactions.

Ashley regularly advises on bringing and defending Employment Tribunal claims, litigation strategy and settlement negotiations.

Ashley provides clients with assistance on day-to-day workplace matters including performance management, sickness absence and capability, disciplinary issues, employee grievances and managed exits. Ashley has guided clients through complex restructuring and redundancy projects. She is also skilled in drafting and/or advising on employment contracts, company handbooks, data subject access requests, company policies (including grievance and disciplinary) and bespoke settlement agreements.

Ashley supports a range of clients including employers of all sizes and senior individuals.
Employment Tribunal Litigation
Discrimination
Unfair Dismissal
Whistleblowing
Redundancy.

Advising on a restructure, redundancy and complex disciplinary process

Advising a real estate firm through a restructure and redundancy process and then a complex disciplinary matter that arose during the redundancy process.

Carrying out a disciplinary investigation

Conducting a disciplinary investigation for a care home with the outcome of an uncontested termination of the employee.

Defending a client against whistleblowing

Defending a charity in the Employment Tribunal against whistleblowing claims and achieving a successful outcome for the client.

Managing a restructuring and redundancy project

Managing a complex restructuring and redundancy project for a food production company.

Advising on a race discrimination case

Running a successful race discrimination case for an employee all the way to trial against a police force.

Education

Ashley graduated from Oxford Brookes University with a bachelor’s degree in Law (Hons) before completing the Legal Practice Course and a Masters in Law, Business and Management at the University of Law (Bloomsbury), achieving a distinction. Ashley was admitted as a solicitor in 2018.

Associate, Employment

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Examples of work