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How AI is creating unrealistic expectations in employment disputes
Growing reliance on AI is influencing behaviour, decision-making and expectations in workplace disputes
Ben is one of Scotland’s leading employment lawyers, and a trusted source of expert advice for employers in multiple sectors
Ben Doherty is a Partner at Lindsays and leads our Employment Law team. Having specialised in employment law for over 10 years, he’s recognised for translating complex legal issues into practical solutions for employers across Scotland.
Clients praise his ability to provide “advice of the highest level” and for converting “commercial aspects into legal solutions”. He’s recognised in Chambers as a “leading individual” in his field, and has considerable experience of representing clients at Employment Tribunals across the UK, including defending unfair dismissal, equal pay, and the entire range of discrimination claims.
Clients from many sectors, including charities, healthcare providers, construction companies and service providers, look to Ben for ongoing employment law and HR strategy advice on how to handle disciplinary and grievance matters, redundancies and restructuring, changes to terms and conditions of employment, and equal opportunity issues.
Ben also has a successful record of advising clients about the application and effect of the TUPE regulations. He regularly acts for customers and service providers in respect of large-scale outsourcing contracts, using indemnities and warranties to manage and mitigate risk.
Highlights
- Acting for a service provider in relation to 180 equal pay claims
- Advising several large charity clients on disputes between their boards and CEOs
- Representing an employer facing claims brought under the discrimination of the grounds of religion or belief regulations
- Supporting numerous clients on unfair dismissal claims
- Assisting a service provider with a TUPE transfer involving around 9,000 employees
- Co-authoring the UK chapter of the Kluwers Guide to Redundancy Law in Europe
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