LincsLaw Employment Law Solicitors

A Lincoln practice focused exclusively on employment law

LincsLaw Employment Law Solicitors is a boutique practice based in Lincoln that works only on employment law matters. Its solicitors and barristers are described as fully qualified employment lawyers, and the firm states that between them they bring a combined 80 years of experience dedicated to this field. The practice presents itself as an alternative to generalist firms, arguing that employment law changes quickly and requires advisers who spend their full working week on it.

The firm works on both sides of the employment relationship, with separate routes for employees and for employers, and offers a free initial enquiry by telephone.

Advice for employees

A large part of the practice's work involves individuals facing problems at work. The firm notes that many employee clients arrive after months or even years of dealing with workplace issues, often involving bullying, harassment or discrimination, while others come suddenly after being offered a settlement agreement, being made redundant with little warning or being placed under disciplinary procedures. The stated approach is to explain the available options and set out next steps.

The enquiry form used by the practice lists the following areas of employee work:

• Settlement agreements
• Disciplinary matters
• Redundancy
• Performance management and improvement
• Capability and sickness absence
• Discrimination
• Whistleblowing
• Current or ongoing employment tribunal claims

The site also publishes free guides on raising a grievance or complaint, defending disciplinary allegations, redundancy consultation and responding to an employee grievance.

Settlement agreements and mediation

Settlement agreements appear as a distinct service line, with separate fee information for employees and for employers. The practice also advertises a service labelled MARS Settlement Agreement, presented with its own costs and fees page, and offers mediation for both employers and employees, supported by a guide to mediation services and a set of frequently asked questions.

Support for employers

For organisations, the firm covers disciplinary meetings and allegations, redundancy consultation, grievance handling and mediation. Free guides are offered on conducting a disciplinary meeting and on responding to an employee grievance, alongside the mediation materials. Fee structures are published separately for employer advice and for mediation.

Published fees and client outcomes

The site devotes several pages to costs, splitting them by type of client and type of work: employee advice, settlement agreement advice, MARS settlement agreement, employer advice and mediation. A page headed "Our Prices" sits within that section.

The practice highlights a running total of compensation obtained for clients, stated at the time of writing as £58,932,999 and counting. It adds that this figure excludes other outcomes such as reinstatements, dropped disciplinary charges, upheld grievances and withdrawn performance management procedures.

Client feedback and legal updates

The site carries a client reviews section and a set of case studies. Quoted comments, described as usually arriving on thank-you cards, refer to individual lawyers by first name and cover contract disputes, settlement agreements, discrimination, unfair dismissal and health and safety concerns during the coronavirus period. One recent post refers to a five-star review received by the firm.

Lawyers at the practice also publish articles on employment law topics; a post by Sophie Goodwill on compensation for sexual harassment at work and another by Jasmine Stewart on the firm's review are among the items listed.

Company and regulatory details

LincsLaw Solicitors is a trading name of Lincs Law Ltd, a private limited company registered at Companies House under company number 9135885. The firm is authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority under SRA number 622559 and is registered for VAT under number 219 1768 92.