Based in the historic town of Abingdon in Oxfordshire, HRBullets was formed in 2000 to provide a cost-effective and really useful information service to anyone dealing with personnel issues in the workplace – HRBullets.co.uk. Originally an e-mail-based service, it migrated to a web-based service in 2010.
Craig Gordon - Director of HRBullets. He went to Oxford University where he graduated in 1982 with a Law degree. He then joined Oxfordshire publisher, CCH Editions Ltd where he looked after their employment law/HR and some business-related titles. When CCH Editions became part of Croner in the 1990s, he continued to write for, edit and manage these titles together with some in the Croner range. He left in 2000 to set up HRBullets.Consulting Authors
Wendy Trehy, Head of Employment at Seddons, is known for providing practical, commercial advice and for working with HR and senior management to ensure effective solutions to employment law issues. Her clients value her knowledge of their businesses and understanding of their objectives. Wendy’s time as in-house counsel means that she knows how to work closely with her clients as part of their team. Wendy advises a wide range of clients, from SMEs to international plcs and senior executives. She is an experienced advocate and an expert in managing employment tribunal and high court litigation, as well as supporting clients managing day-to-day HR/employment issues. Wendy also provides corporate support on the employment aspects of business sales and acquisitions and is an expert on TUPE. Wendy regularly provides training to clients and speaks at external conferences and seminars.
Darren Isaacs is an employment lawyer at US firm Bryan Cave LLP in London. Having trained in Australia, Darren spent 10 years at a 'magic circle' firm before moving to Byran Cave to establish his own practice. As well as employment law, Darren advises on pensions, share schemes and other remuneration issues. He primarily acts for employers, specialising in the financial services sector, although he also advised US businesses establishing in the UK market. He is particularly interested in cross-border European transactions, boardroom disputes, and FSA compliance matters.
Gillian Howard - is an employment lawyer specialising in employment law, personal injury, medical negligence and defamation. She is an Honorary Fellow of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine, Royal College of Physicians and Honorary Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Occupational Medicine at the University of Birmingham. She worked initially with Industrial Relations Services (IRS) writing in Industrial Relations Legal Information Bulletin, Health and Safety Information Bulletin, Industrial Relations Review and Report and Occupational Health Review. She was IRS's lead lecturer in its training company IRST for over 10 years. She has since 1981 operated in her own practice - retained by major household names as well as acting for many other well known private and public sector organisations as well as for individuals. Among other things, she drafts contracts, company handbooks, letters and policies.
Hannah Saunders is an experienced employment lawyer. She trained at Baker & McKenzie in London, before joining their top-ranking employment team upon qualification in 2001. Hannah joined London firm Keystone Law in 2010, where she represents SMEs, public companies, charities and some individuals in all aspects of employment law, including advocacy at tribunal hearings. Hannah is also experienced in legal publishing, having held the roles of Consultant Legal Editor of the British Personnel Management volumes and the Disability Manual for several years. She has written extensively on employment law for publications including the Financial Times, HR Magazine, Croner-i, and New Business Magazine.
Caroline Carter, partner and Head of the Employment, Incentives and Pensions Group at Ashurst LLP, advises on a wide range of employment issues both general advisory and contentious, including the employment aspects of corporate transactions. She has extensive expertise in advising on corporate governance boardroom issues. Her dispute resolution experience includes high-level workplace and other mediation, the protection of confidential information and the enforcement of restrictive covenants, as well as team moves and bonus disputes. Recent employment and appeal tribunal experience includes whistleblowing, equality and discrimination cases. Caroline regularly writes articles for a number of publications and has lectured, written and conducted seminars on a variety of employment topics. She is a member of the Employment Lawyers Association and of the European Employment Lawyers Association.
Tom Walker, Head of the London Employment Team at Manches LLP, has a particular expertise in business reorganisations and covenants in restraint of trade. He acts for a range of clients from individual directors and executives to multi-national companies. He regularly advises both boards and individuals on team moves and has a depth of experience in sex discrimination claims. Recently he sat as an independent chairman for internal regulatory hearings at NHS Trusts. When advising he focuses on practical solutions to problems rather than dry legal summaries. Tom often carries out his own advocacy and is listed in Chambers and Partners as being an 'incredibly personable, business-focused and savvy employment lawyer'. Tom graduated from Leeds University in 1990 with a degree in English Literature. He trained at Frere Cholmeley and became a Partner at Brachers in 1999. In 2005 he moved to set up an employment team at Colemans-ctts before joining Manches in November 2008.
Ewan Keen is a partner at Simons Muirhead & Burton Solicitors (SM&B), having left City firm DLA Piper to help establish SM&B’s Employment Law Group. He is experienced in advising on redundancies, restructuring, TUPE, collective consultation and the employment aspects of corporate transactions. A significant element of Ewan’s practice includes advising on senior executive restrictive covenants and team poaching as well as matters of unlawful discrimination and managing poor performance/disciplinary issues. Ewan is also an accredited mediator and a frequent speaker. He is passionate about creating and delivering bespoke training programmes and has helped clients train staff to the point where clients attain an in-house investigatory and mediation capability. Chambers Guide has described Ewan as ‘astute and takes the sensible approach’ and the 2010-11 Legal 500 describes Ewan as a ‘star partner’.
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