Simon Bond

Expertise

• Employment law and HR issues, including:
• Contracts of employment and Staff Handbooks
• Disciplinary and grievance issues;
• Redundancy;
• Settlement Agreements and senior-level exits;
• TUPE;
• Employment Tribunal litigation;
• Diversity and discrimination issues;
• Staff consultations.

Experience Highlights

• Acted for national charity in relation to whistleblowing allegations and concerns from Charity Commission.
• Advised University as to allegations of discrimination.
• Advised pharmaceutical company on a large-scale redundancy and reorganisation programme.
• Investigated allegations of race discrimination and whistleblowing on behalf of NHS Trust.
• Acted as Legal Advisor to School disciplinary panels.
• Acted for a group of 200 employees affected by the collapse of MG Rover.
• Acted for defendants in AF Blakemore v Machin & others (2007).

Career History

• Director, Bond Legal Ltd, 2020 to present
• Licence Committee member, Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, 2020 to present
• Legally Qualified Chair, Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service, 2019 to present
• Partner at various law firms in the West Midlands, 2000 – 2020

Education

• LLB(Hons), LLM

Professional Membership

• Member, Law Society of England & Wales: 1995 – present
• Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators: January 2019 – present