Robin Ford
Solicitor
Employment & Immigration
Robin is a Solicitor in our Employment and Immigration team.
Robin qualified in August 2018. During his training contract his seats included employment and dispute resolution.
Prior to joining Capital, Robin worked at a national claimant firm advising employees / claimants across a wide range of employment issues. He regularly represented clients with employment tribunal claims including unfair dismissal, breach of contract, discrimination and whistleblowing.
At Capital Robin advises a range of clients, both businesses and individuals, on employment and HR issues. He also deals with employment tribunal claims and performs his own advocacy whenever able.
- Successfully representing a claimant in an unfair dismissal and disability discrimination claim against a public sector employer.
- Advising multiple clients on the enforceability of post-termination restrictions and negotiating the waiver of such restrictions with their former employers.
- Advising on an unfair dismissal claim brought by a former employee who had been made redundant.
- Providing advice to employees of large international companies in bulk settlement agreement exercises.
- Providing advice to organisations on HR issues such as grievances and disciplinaries.
- Drafting settlement agreements for clients looking to remove employees from their business.
- Disciplinary / grievance procedures
- Discrimination
- HR Support
- Settlement agreements
- Post-termination restrictions
- Unfair and wrongful discrimination
Career
- Solicitor, Capital Law Limited (Nov 2020 – present)
- Solicitor, Slater and Gordon (Oct 2018 – Oct 2020)
- Conveyancing Assistant / Trainee / Solicitor, Robertsons Solicitors (Aug 2015 – Oct 2018)
- Paralegal, Shakespeare Martineau (Feb 2014 – Sep 2014)
Education
- Cardiff University: LPC (2016 – 2018)
- Cardiff University: LLB Law (2010 – 2015)
Memberships / Trustee Positions
- The Law Society of England and Wales
- Employment Lawyers’ Association
Practice Areas