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Hi all,
I’ve recently joined & started getting active on this forum, so I felt an introduction was appropriate.
I’m Karl Limpert, owner of Employment Law Clinic, a consultancy service. Most of my work is for small businesses, but I have occasionally taken on high-value employee (senior executives, a barrister, etc) cases too, or done pro bono employee work for friends, and also a couple of nurses in NMC hearings too.
I have over 25 years’ experience in the employment law field, originally working & trained as a trade union rep, and for the last eight years, running my business – leading to a description sometimes of poacher turned game-keeper, but in practice just doing my job.
Despite working in it for a long time, I have no formal qualifications in this field, everything I know is from home study, based on the foundations of a 5-day course provided by the TUC many years ago.
I represent/advocate in employment tribunals, employment appeal tribunals, and Nursing & Midwifery Council hearings. I have a (controversial) case I advocated (and previously made the key dismissal decisions on) mentioned in Tolley’s & Harvey’s – leading publications in employment law issues: Hair Division v Macmillan. Other advisers (including from one of the biggest firms in the industry) wouldn’t touch the case due to its complications (8 months pregnant at the time of dismissal), but the case established case law, and the decision to dismiss stood.
I’m not here to win favours or make friends, just to provide any advice I can. I typically post bluntly, so whether an employer, employee, or someone else providing or seeking advice, I won’t hesitate to highlight flaws in a position argued (as well as giving advice), and try often to qualify my views with reference to the law.
I’m happy to receive & reply to PMs if anyone feels the need to explain or provide specific private information, but unless exceptional circumstances, advice I provide is only on the open forum – it should be available to others, to either challenge or for future reference.
And with that, I look forward to getting involved in your community.
Karl Limpert
I’ve recently joined & started getting active on this forum, so I felt an introduction was appropriate.
I’m Karl Limpert, owner of Employment Law Clinic, a consultancy service. Most of my work is for small businesses, but I have occasionally taken on high-value employee (senior executives, a barrister, etc) cases too, or done pro bono employee work for friends, and also a couple of nurses in NMC hearings too.
I have over 25 years’ experience in the employment law field, originally working & trained as a trade union rep, and for the last eight years, running my business – leading to a description sometimes of poacher turned game-keeper, but in practice just doing my job.
Despite working in it for a long time, I have no formal qualifications in this field, everything I know is from home study, based on the foundations of a 5-day course provided by the TUC many years ago.
I represent/advocate in employment tribunals, employment appeal tribunals, and Nursing & Midwifery Council hearings. I have a (controversial) case I advocated (and previously made the key dismissal decisions on) mentioned in Tolley’s & Harvey’s – leading publications in employment law issues: Hair Division v Macmillan. Other advisers (including from one of the biggest firms in the industry) wouldn’t touch the case due to its complications (8 months pregnant at the time of dismissal), but the case established case law, and the decision to dismiss stood.
I’m not here to win favours or make friends, just to provide any advice I can. I typically post bluntly, so whether an employer, employee, or someone else providing or seeking advice, I won’t hesitate to highlight flaws in a position argued (as well as giving advice), and try often to qualify my views with reference to the law.
I’m happy to receive & reply to PMs if anyone feels the need to explain or provide specific private information, but unless exceptional circumstances, advice I provide is only on the open forum – it should be available to others, to either challenge or for future reference.
And with that, I look forward to getting involved in your community.
Karl Limpert
