Client Story

Comprehensive employment law support for South Gloucestershire and Stroud College

29th February 2024

Teacher at the front of the classroom speaking to pupils

South Gloucestershire and Stroud College needed comprehensive employment law support with a full understanding of the further education sector for their experienced HR team. They turned to Employment and Immigration Partner Catherine Mitchell for advice and guidance. Catherine and the Employment and Immigration team have extensive capability around the particular pressures facing the education sector. Catherine has provided a fixed support package which  has delivered excellent value and budget certainty for over a decade.

Following Catherine’s advice, Moira Foster-Fitzgerald, Chief Group Services Officer and Designated Safeguarding Lead for South Gloucestershire and Stroud College provided this testimonial thanking her for her support: “Catherine has a refreshing approach that is client-focused and very responsive. What differentiates her from other legal advisers is that her advice is enhanced with a deep knowledge and understanding of our sector and business.

“Her advice and guidance is not delivered in the form of a dry legal ‘tome’ but provides an incisive point of view on a series of options, along with a realistic assessment of risk for each approach. Crucially, this also get to grips with the practical steps needed to put their advice into action.

“Catherine and the team are friendly and supremely professional, providing pragmatic, astute legal advice and guidance. They translate complex legal matters into clear understandable language that can be used practically by non-lawyers.”