advo hr are delighted to announce that, going forward, we will be working with Royds Withy King, a progressive full-service UK Top 100 law firm for all employment law support.

Alison Gill, who heads up the advo hr & Sagegreen HR teams, explains why this strategic relationship will add to the services the advo group delivers to clients “Managing complex employment law issues on a day-to-day basis, I am personally very pleased to make this announcement as the ethos of Royds Withy King fits neatly with the ethics of advo hr.”

Alison Gill, advo hr

We both aim to create lasting relationships by thinking ahead, putting ourselves in your shoes and providing pragmatic, proactive and straightforward employment law advice for our clients.

Royds Withy King has a long history of representing and winning numerous cases at Employment Tribunal. You may be interested to know that in September 2020, Royds Withy King represented a large hotel chain and won a case at Employment Tribunal made by a senior former employee, which was found to have been pursued unreasonably. The outcome of this case was that the Employment Tribunal ordered the former employee to pay the hotel chain £432,000 for its costs. This is believed to be the highest costs ever awarded at Employment Tribunal.

We have always been proud of the high quality of advice advo hr provide to our clients and I am so pleased that we now have the ability to sense-check our advice where needed to ensure that our clients get the best possible service.”

Lucy Pearce, advo’s commercial director added “advo’s relationship with Royds Withy King demonstrates our commitment to delivering expert advice at all stages and complexities of employment issues. It’s great to be working in collaboration with such a prestige firm of legal experts”

If you feel your organisation needs more support in looking after your people then advo can help. Email advohr@advo.co.uk to start a conversation.