Staff Profiles
Claire Wilkinson
Solicitor
Specialist in Employment Law.
Claire qualified as a solicitor in 2007 and joined Short Richardson & Forth in April 2008.
Claire is part of the firm's Employment Team and deals with a wide range of employment law matters both contentious and non-contentious. Claire advises on all employment issues including unfair dismissal, breach of contract, redundancy, policies and procedure, and terms and conditions of employment.
Claire has particular expertise in negotiating compromise agreements on behalf of senior management and enjoys getting deals done.
Out of work Claire like to keep fit and is currently attending Boot Camp. She also enjoys cooking and eating out.
Denize Taylor
Paralegal
Specialist in Debt Recovery.
Denize works within the firm's Debt Recovery Department, overseeing bulk debt collection for local and nationwide firms and companies.
Denize worked at Short Richardson & Forth LLP as a secretary within the employment department for six years before taking up the challenge of this new role in 2007. Denize is currently working towards a specialist paralegal qualification in debt recovery practice with CLT and Bristol University.
Denize has developed expertise in advising clients about the best methods of recovery of debt. She represents clients chasing a variety of debts by sending initial letters of demand, issuing court proceedings, and enforcing court orders by appropriate methods including instructing the county court bailiffs or local enforcement agents, placing charging orders and following insolvency procedures. She is able to deal effectively with difficult debtors, and is able to take the weight off client's minds with her unique and efficient system.
Outside of work Denize enjoys testing her knowledge at her local weekly pub quiz, as well as walking and gardening.
Ian Farrand
Consultant
Specialist in Employment Law.
Ian Farrand is an experienced human resource management consultant working internationally and across higher education, health and central and local government as well the private sector.
In addition to working on a self-employed basis Ian is a consultant working exclusively the Employment team. Ian has a long association with John McMullen having worked together for several years.
Ian has been described as an HR generalist with specialist skills. He has a strong interest in the behavioural/learning and development dimension of people at work. His professional focus and background is in the training and staff development aspects of human resource management where he can draw on a number of years experience both as an operational HR practitioner and as a consultant.
His main client activity has been of working in the area of management and organisation development, HR audit and investigation and in the HR support process related to employment law. His most fulfilling assignments are those concerned with organisations and workgroups where the context may be sensitive and sometimes one of conflict and resistance to change and where careful handling is crucial to understanding culture and working relationships to attempt to improve these for the benefit of the business and the people involved.
Recent specialist assignments have involved working to support American based companies in all aspects of their UK HR operations and compliance activities.
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