Kirstie Carrick

Full Profile

Kirstie provides advice and representation to individual and commercial clients in relation to the full range of employment law matters.

Kirstie has practised exclusively in employment law since 2015 after graduating with a First Class (Hons) degree in Scots Law. She has assisted clients to navigate complex grievance and disciplinary issues, often involving discrimination and whistleblowing, and she has a particular interest in corporate transactions involving restructures and TUPE. Kirstie is known for her commercial approach in negotiating senior employee exits and resolving contractual issues, including in relation to post-termination restrictive covenants.

Kirstie has a proven track record in the Employment Tribunal and routinely appears in lengthy and complex claims on behalf of private and public sector clients. She also assists her clients to achieve favourable settlement packages, including via judicial mediation.

Finally, Kirstie is a keen presenter and enjoys delivering training to clients, both online and in-person.

Experience

• Successfully representing a public sector client in relation to a long-standing reasonable adjustments claim.
• Negotiating favourable contractual terms for a senior executive.
• Achieving strike-out of a multi-Respondent claim on the basis it had no prospects of success.
• Successfully defending a client against a complex constructive dismissal claim.
• Providing bespoke in-house training sessions for a client's management teams across the UK.