David Hughes
Partner
4 Carden Terrace, Aberdeen, AB10 1US
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An accredited Employment Law specialist with over 10
years experience.
David has specialised in Employment Law for more than 10 years
and is accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a specialist in
this field. He practices in all areas of Employment Law including
conducting appearances 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 public sector and oil and gas industry
in particular. David undertakes training courses for
employers and employer federations and is a regular speaker at HR
events. David works across our offices in Dundee, Edinburgh
and Glasgow.
David has a particular interest in workplace mediation and has
been awarded a Certificate of Competence in Mediation Skills by
CORE Solutions. He has undertaken mediation in commercial and
employment law disputes and has also conducted judicial mediation
in the Employment Tribunal.
Career
Qualified 1992. Joined Simpson & Marwick as a Partner
in 2009.
Accredited specialist in Employment Law by the Law Society of
Scotland. Notary Public.
A member of the Employment Law Group, the Employment Lawyers
Association and The Law Society of Scotland.
Head of Employment Law at HBJ Gateley Wareing (Scotland) from
2000.
Specialisms
12 April, 2012
Important new rules on Unfair Dismissal qualifying service came
into force on 6 April.
On Friday 6 April, the Government increased the statutory
qualifying service period for unfair dismissal claims from one year
to
19 March, 2012
Welcome to the Simpson & Marwick Advocacy Unit blog.
And what a way to launch our blog - with the fantastic news that David Hughes, Mark Donaldson
and Steven
Guild, all from our
16 March, 2012
Discrimination on the ground of marital status is not a new
concept, but two recent conflicting decisions of the EAT have
created doubt as to what will constitute discrimination on the
ground of
17 January, 2012
Simpson & Marwick's employment law team now has five
partners following latest hires.
Simpson & Marwick is delighted to announce the Partner
appointments to our expanding Employment law team of Robert King
from HBJ
7 December, 2011
The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of the employers in the
case of Russell v Transocean.
The unions had argued that holidays must always be taken from
time that would otherwise be
14 November, 2011
When is an employee on long-term sickness absence entitled to be
paid for annual leave?
This is an area of law where there continues to be confusion -
not only among HR professionals
29 September, 2011
Three significant changes to employment law come into effect on
1 October.
Agency Workers Regulations
These Regulations will come into force on 1 October 2011. This
is an important change which those using agency
22 September, 2011
Last week, the Employment Appeal Tribunal ('EAT') shed light on
the steps an employer can take when seeking to vary 470 staff
contracts, and the impact this has on any subsequent dismissal
2 August, 2011
At first glance this might appear to be a simple question. It is
certainly an important one, because for many statutory claims, the
Claimant / Pursuer must be able to establish that
1 July, 2011
If asked whether an employee is entitled to legal representation
at internal disciplinary hearings, most experts would say no,
unless an employer's policy specifically stated so. This assumption
has been shadowed somewhat by
29 June, 2011
The true meaning of the termex gratia was considered by the
Employment Appeal Tribunal in a judgement handed down this
week.
In many circumstances where an employee is exiting their
employment, it is common
27 June, 2011
The new Bribery Act comes into force on Friday this week - 1
July 2011. It creates new offences of bribery and, crucially, of
failing to prevent bribery. The latter is a
27 May, 2011
New research from Ernest & Young suggests that the UK's
strict new bribery laws, which are due to come into force on 1 July
2011, will hit the oil and gas sector
4 May, 2011
It is well established that an employer owes a duty of care when
providing a reference to both its former employees and to the
recipient of the reference. A failure to take
28 April, 2011
The Government have announced in Guidance published on 30 March
2011 that the Bribery Act 2010 ("the Act") will come into force on
1 July 2011.
There are four main offences under the
9 June, 2009
Simpson & Marwick are delighted to welcome David Hughes,
Employment law partner, based in the firm's Aberdeen office.
David has specialised in employment law for 10 years and has
extensive knowledge of representing