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Employment law partnership set to transform legal services
Leading support services company Carillion has developed a pioneering partnership with law firm Clarkslegal, to provide a high quality full-service employment law services at an affordable cost to businesses, organisations and individual clients.
Carillion Advice Services
provides a full range of employment law services
25th February 2013
The partnership works across the whole spectrum of the professional employment law services, from help lines and paralegal support through to advocacy and specialised strategic advice.
It uses Carillion's managed legal service venture, Carillion Advice Services, in a collaborative and integrated offering with Clarkslegal which could make the market more competitive and effective.
The partnership works across the whole spectrum of the professional employment law services, from help lines and paralegal support through to advocacy and specialised strategic advice.
It uses Carillion's managed legal service venture, Carillion Advice Services, in a collaborative and integrated offering with Clarkslegal which could make the market more competitive and effective.
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The venture is believed to be the first of its type and is notably different from more common legal process outsourcing solutions, with Carillion Advice Services teams being utilised in direct contact with clients as well as providing back office tribunal and project support. It brings together the significant experience of Carillion Advice Services' teams in delivering focused, direct-to-client, employment law services with Clarkslegal's leading employment law practice - described by legal directory 'The Legal 500' as rating "an impossible 12 out of 10 for its high levels of business acumen, response times, strength in depth and value for money." |
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"I would expect to increase the total amount of work we do because the business case behind the concept is compelling ."- Michael Sippitt, Clarkslegal Chairman |
The teams can provide the full range of employment law services, including online services, helpline access, advice and advocacy, due diligence, audits, employee engagement, plus employment relations documentation and strategies.
The combined offering to clients also gives direct access to the Clarkslegal owned HR consultancy, Forbury People, which enhances the package of services available for clients, including HR support services for short and long term tasks and projects.
Richard Tapp, Carillion Company Secretary and Director of Legal Services, said: "This is about building on the strengths we already have in legal services to solve a problem faced by us and businesses like us.
We have already proved that working in such a collaborative and integrated way with Clarkslegal also makes complete sense for both parties, and this venture now means that together we can offer a high quality, audit-tested and cost effective service to others."
Michael Sippitt, Clarkslegal Chairman, added: "We have highly qualified lawyers across three offices but until now limited low cost support capability within the firm.
This partnership with Carillion Advice Services completes the picture and allows us to increase our resources substantially in an economically effective way.
With this model I would expect to increase the total amount of work we do because the business case behind the concept is compelling and the model we have with Carillion is so scalable."
About Carillion
Carillion is
a leading integrated support services company with a
substantial portfolio of Public Private Partnership
projects and extensive construction capabilities.
The Group had annual revenue in 2012 of some £4.4 billion, employs around 40,000 people and operates across the UK, in the Middle East and Canada.
The Group has four business segments:
The Group had annual revenue in 2012 of some £4.4 billion, employs around 40,000 people and operates across the UK, in the Middle East and Canada.
The Group has four business segments:
Support services - this includes facilities management, facilities services, energy services, rail services, road maintenance, utility services and consultancy businesses.
Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects - this includes our investing activities in PPP projects in our chosen sectors of defence, health, education, transport, secure, energy services and other Government accommodation.
Middle East construction services - this includes our building and civil engineering activities in the Middle East.
Construction services (excluding the Middle East) - this includes our building, civil engineering and developments activities in the UK and our construction activities in Canada.
For more information:
Rik Kendall, Media Relations Manager, Carillion +44 (0)191 245
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Carillion plc, Company No. 3782379. Registered Office: Birch Street, Wolverhampton WV1 4HY.
Place of Registration: England and Wales.
Place of Registration: England and Wales.