Carolyn has over 14 years' PQE experience advising on a range of employment matters including TUPE and organisational change, equal pay, disciplinary proceedings, day-to-day management of performance, conduct, and sickness absence.

She also represents respondents in Employment Tribunal and civil court proceedings relating to all areas of employment law including unfair dismissal, unlawful discrimination, whistleblowing detriment, breach of contract, breach of WTR, and equal pay.

Carolyn also advises on employment contracts and policies, delivers training, and conducts independent investigations for employers.

Featured experience:

• Representing an NHS trust in a complex claim involving discrimination and whistleblowing detriment, with 20 witnesses including the former HR Director
• Advocating in the Employment Tribunal in the preliminary hearing of a disability discrimination, and whistleblowing detriment claim for a private healthcare provider
• Advising on collective redundancy consultation for a financial technology services client in advance of the sale of the company
• Advising a large engineering company on the application of national and local collective agreements
• Advising a public sector organisation on the application of TUPE to complex insourcing and outsourcing of services arrangements

Endorsements:

• “The Employment Team at DAC Beachcroft are fantastic, they are approachable, personable and have a ‘can do’ attitude. They take the time to get to know your business.  Carolyn Brown is our contact; she is knowledgeable, has a thoughtful and considered approach, is calm and clear and doesn’t use jargon.  We feel that we are in a safe pair of hands when being advised by her and the team”. – Julie Blackford, HR Manager at Intelliflo Limited

• "I want to take this opportunity to thank you and the DACB team for your continued support which has been excellent." – Zahid Karim, former Finance Director at London Central and West Unscheduled Care Collaborative