Brown and Co has substantial experience of advising in the public and private sectors and of advising on employment law and public sector law

Vision and strategy:

Our strapline is ‘Thinking ahead….Solutions Now’ embracing our ethos as a firm that seeks to understand the client’s goals and then assisting them today to use the best strategy within their resources to achieve it. Our clients do not just come for answers to legal problems. They are trying to achieve a defined outcome. We will come alongside and identify the client’s vision and advise and support on best strategy to achieve defied goals.

Background to Brown and Co

Brown and co Solicitors is being set up to provide a solution to corporate and private clients in the chosen areas. We have substantial experience in the voluntary, private and local government sectors and have often seen how firms engaged externally do not always offer a tailor made or solution oriented way forward. Brown and Co aims to fill this gap. We are very excited at helping clients achieve their goals.

Service Offering

Brown and Co will offer advice and representation in the following areas:
Employment

• unfair dismissal
• breach of contract
• discrimination
• redundancy
• wage and holiday claims
• TUPE issues
• other employment related matters
• mediation services
• provision of direct mediation to a dispute
• advice and guidance in setting up an internal mediation service and relating it to internal grievance processes

Corporate Governance

• freedom of information
• including advising on general provisions and in relation to the application of exemptions, defending or making applications for disclosure under the Freedom o Information Act 2000 (FOIA)
• advising and assisting organisations devise an FOIA scheme to comply with the Act

• data protection
• advising on Data Protection Act 1998 provisions and application to a myriad of scenarios data protection arises e.g. marketing, internet usage, personnel records, FOIA requests involving personal data etc
  
• Local government members and standards investigations work