“The level of service has always been excellent, with properly experienced solicitors dealing with appropriate cases"Legal 500
Jennifer King
Discipline: Professional Discipline and Clinical Defence; Healthcare
Position: Associate
Location: Glasgow Office
Email: jki@bto.co.uk
Phone: 0141 221 8012
Biography
 |
Jennifer is an Associate in BTO’s clinical defence team, ranked Band 1 by Chambers UK.
Jennifer provides representation and advice to professionals in matters arising from fitness to practise investigations, fitness to practise hearings and interim order hearings. She has experience providing representation to a variety of professionals including those in the medical, dental, nursing and finance professions. She also acts for medical and dental professionals in clinical negligence claims raised in the Sheriff Court and Court of Session.
Jennifer worked with BTO’s employment law team for over five years, providing advice to both employers and employees (including doctors and dentists) in a variety of contentious and non-contentious matters and has significant experience pursuing and defending Employment Tribunal claims.
Jennifer’s experience has involved advising employers on issues with unfair dismissal, constructive unfair dismissal, collective redundancy consultation, disciplinary and grievance matters and ill health retirement. She has also advised individuals in claims arising from unfair dismissal, constructive unfair dismissal, breach of contract, redundancy, discrimination and unauthorised deductions from wages.
She is experienced in negotiating settlement agreements for both employers and employees and providing guidance on contracts of employment and disciplinary and grievance matters.