Employment Law update with Addleshaw Goddard

About this event

The Employment Rights Act 2025: The first 12 months.

Celtic Collaboration event between Mid Scotland, North of Scotland, South East Scotland, West of Scotland and Northern Ireland branches.

Join us for this online session to find out about the first 12 months of the Employment Rights Act.

David Hughes, Partner from Addleshaw Goddard will provide an overview of the provisions of the Employment Rights Act 2025 that have been implemented immediately, or that will be (or are expected to be) implemented during 2026.

The aim of the session is to provide updated employment knowledge and guidance as to how to navigate the required changes for your organisation.

Speaker:

David Hughes

David Hughes has specialised in employment law since 2000. He is accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a specialist in employment law and is also a solicitor advocate with extended rights of audience in the Court of Session and Supreme Court.

David practices in all areas of employment law, including conducting advocacy in the Employment Tribunal and EAT throughout the United Kingdom. David predominantly advises employers, dealing with the full range of employment law issues including unfair dismissal, discrimination, TUPE, senior executive exits and redundancy, and has many years’ experience advising on employment law issues in the oil and gas industry in particular. David works across our offices in Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow.

David has a particular interest in workplace mediation and has undertaken mediation in commercial and employment law disputes and has also conducted judicial mediation in the Employment Tribunal.

Having a particular interest in training and development, David was senior tutor in employment law at Aberdeen University in the post graduate Diploma in legal practice from 2013 to 2017 and undertakes many training courses for clients on all aspects of employment law, HR practice and procedure, mediation skills and management skills.

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