A calm, pragmatic and sensible approach to employment matters covering all bases. Knowledgeable and supportive and his attention to detail and ability to respond quickly is excellent.
LEGAL 500
Kenny provides pragmatic and commercial advice on the full spectrum of employment law and HR matters to local and national employers across a wide range of sectors. He has extensive experience in advising on organisational change, TUPE, disciplinary and grievance matters, whistleblowing, data protection and the employment aspects of insolvency situations.
Kenny also regularly advises senior executives and individuals on settlement agreements, restrictive covenants and bringing employment tribunal claims. He regularly appears in the Employment Tribunals where he has accumulated an enviable track record of success.
Kenny is accredited as a specialist in Employment Law by The Law Society of Scotland. He frequently devises and provides training to senior management, HR personnel and employees and is a member of the Employment Lawyers Association.
He is also ranked as an Associate to Watch in Chambers UK Guide to the Legal Profession 2023.
In a helpful decision for employers, the Court of Session has recently held in L v K that a teacher charged for possessing indecent images on a home computer was fairly dismissed on the grounds of some other substantial reason (SOSR).
In advance of Scotland’s ‘Freedom Day’ on 9 August 2021, which is when certain Covid-19 restrictions are due to be scrapped and we move beyond level zero, Acas has published helpful new guidance for employers on flexible and hybrid working.
Dealing with an employee’s misconduct when that employee contends it is linked to a disability can be tricky. The scope of protection afforded under so-called “arising from” claims under section 15 of the Equality Act 2010 has been shown by the courts and tribunals over recent years to be very wide.
