Employment Solicitor Advocate

Markel

Employment Solicitor Advocate at Markel Law representing employer clients in Employment Tribunal proceedings. Engaging in complex contentious work while ensuring a people-first culture.

Posted 4/22/2026full-timeManchester • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Acting as advocate in Employment Tribunal proceedings, including preliminary, full merits and remedy hearings
Delivering persuasive oral submissions, conducting cross-examinations and managing witnesses
Drafting high-quality pleadings, skeleton arguments, opinions and case strategies
Advising employer clients on prospects, risk, and settlement strategy
Handling complex litigation and instructing counsel where required
Providing commercially focused employment advice, including unfair dismissal, discrimination and whistleblowing claims, TUPE and collective redundancies, grievance, disciplinary and appeal processes
Delivering training sessions and legal updates to clients
Building trusted relationships with clients, HR teams and internal partners

Requirements

What you’ll need

Qualified solicitor with solid experience in employment law
Strong Employment Tribunal advocacy experience
Confident handling your own caseload with minimal supervision
Excellent drafting, analytical and negotiation skills
Clear, pragmatic communicator who can translate legal risk into commercial advice
Background advising employer clients (desirable)
Experience with complex or high-value litigation (desirable)
Interest or experience in delivering client training (desirable)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive salary, annual bonus and comprehensive benefits package
25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays (with buy/sell options)
Private medical and dental cover, life assurance, income protection and travel insurance
Excellent pension scheme
Hybrid working and genuine work–life balance
Career progression within a growing, nationally recognised employment practice
Access to professional development and leadership programmes
A collaborative, inclusive culture where expertise is valued and individuality respected

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Hard Skills & Tools

employment lawadvocacylitigationdraftinganalytical skillsnegotiation skillscase strategycross-examinationlegal adviceemployment tribunal

Soft Skills

persuasive communicationrelationship buildingpragmatic communicationclient managementtraining deliveryrisk assessmentindependent worktrust buildingproblem solvinganalytical thinking

Certifications

qualified solicitor