Senior executive departures can be complex, high-stakes moments for any organisation. Whether planned or unexpected, these transitions carry legal, reputational, and operational risks that demand careful handling.
Join us for a practical and strategic discussion on how organisations can manage senior exits with confidence and clarity.
Throughout the session we'll look at:
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- Why senior leavers pose unique legal, reputational, and operational risks
- The board’s role in shaping a proactive exit strategy
- Key risk areas
- Breach of fiduciary duties, restrictive covenants, and confidentiality
- Dispute triggers & common pitfalls
- Impact of the Employment Rights Act, including:
   1. The impact of the abolishment of the compensatory cap for unfair            dismissal of the lower of one year’s pay or £118,223
  2. Extending limitation from three months to six months
  3. Reducing the time limit for unfair dismissal claims from two years to six      months.
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Sarah is a Partner in the serious injury team at Irwin Mitchell. Sarah specialises in complex cases involving life changing injuries and has a particular expertise in neurotrauma; bringing claims for both adults and children who have suffered a brain injury.
She is accredited as a brain injury specialist by the APIL injury Accreditation Scheme and has close links with Headway having been appointed as a Trustee of Headway East London in 2013.
Sarah is also a committee member for the Acquired Brain Injury Forum for London (ABIL) and is keen to raise awareness of acquired brain injury across London and the UK.
Sarah is passionate about rehabilitation and has extensive experience of securing early interim payments so that she can put rehabilitation in place for her clients to ensure that their rehabilitation can start as soon as possible.
