Melanie Best Employment Lawyer is a specialized legal practice offering expert counsel in employment law and settlement agreements, serving clients across Cambridge and Cambridgeshire. With over 30 years of experience, Melanie Best stands out for her dedicated focus on providing high-quality, tailored advice to senior employees, managers, professionals, and business clients, emphasizing clarity, practicality, and a client-centered approach.
The firm adopts a proactive and practical strategy to employment law, aiming to reduce the risk of disputes and enhance workplace relations. With a background that includes senior roles with West Midlands Police and Hertfordshire Constabulary, Melanie Best offers transparent fee structures, including fixed fees for certain services, and prioritizes prompt, trusted advice. The practice does not handle Employment Tribunal or court claims, concentrating instead on advisory and drafting services to help clients avoid litigation and focus on business success.
Services Offered
- Settlement agreements (compromise agreements) advice and drafting
- Employment law legislation guidance
- Employment rights counseling
- Business change, reorganization, and restructuring
- Redundancy procedures
- Termination of employment
- Changes to terms and conditions of employment
- Outsourcing and TUPE transfers
- Drafting contracts of employment
- Consultation documentation preparation
- Human Resources policies and procedures drafting
- Fixed term contracts
- Sickness absence management
- Performance management
- Grievances and their investigation
- Complaints and discipline issues and their investigation
- Unfair dismissal advice
- Constructive dismissal advice
- General employment law advisory services
Services are available to clients throughout Cambridgeshire, with meetings offered at Cambourne Business Park or at client offices for convenience. Melanie Best is a sole practitioner authorized and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, ensuring professional standards and client care.
