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Darren
Maw
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Professional profile
Qualifications
LL.B(Hons), Bar Vocational Diploma, Barrister at Law (non-practising)
Experience
Following the BVC I completed a mixed common law pupilage
at the Chambers of Lionel Swift QC (4 Paper Buildings,
Temple, London). Following pupilage I accepted tenancy
in the same chambers latterly specialising in employment
law.
Returning to the north I then practiced
in house before joining Vista.
I have been practicing in the field of
employment law for over 7 years, including many appearances
before the employment tribunal.
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Specialist
Areas of Practice:
Business transfers
Unfair dismissal
Dignity at work issues
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Gary here
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Gary
Parker
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Professional profile
Qualifications
BA, MSc, FCIPD.
Experience
I am delighted to be appointed as Vista's non-executive
Chairman from 1 January 2012.
I have over thirty years' experience
of HR working at a senior level in private equity,
listed and multinational environments for major organisations.
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These include Wellcome, Gould Inc.,
Schlumberger, and Enterprise Plc. This has given me
extensive experience of the full spectrum of HR activity
across a number of different business sectors including
the pharmaceutical, electronics, manufacturing and
infrastructure support services industries.
A Fellow of the Chartered Institute
of Personnel and Development I have experienced both
Public and Private sector non-executive roles and
currently sit as a Council member (NED) of Lancaster
University where I am also Chair of the University
Health and Safety Committee and a member of the Remuneration
Committee.
Specialist Areas of Practice:
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Lin
Myers
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Tim here
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Tim
Cross
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Professional profile
Qualifications
BA(Hons), GradCIPD, LL.M
Experience
I have specialised in employment law and industrial relations
for more than 15 years.
I started my career as an Industrial Relations Adviser
and was heavily involved in collective bargaining with
trade unions, negotiating pay deals and resolving disputes
on behalf of employers. In this and my subsequent role
as a Legal Adviser, I gained significant advocacy experience,
regularly appearing in employment tribunal.
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Having acquired my Master Degree
in Law and consolidated my experience, I was appointed
Head of Legal Department at EEF North West where I managed
a team of Employment Lawyers before
leaving to form Vista.
Specialist Areas of Practice:
Unfair dismissal
Business reorganisation including redundancy and changing
terms & conditions
Collective labour law
Business transfers
Age Discrimination
Maternity and family rights
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Karnis here
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Karnis
Mullings
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Professional profile
Qualifications
LLB (Hons), Bar Vocational Diploma
Experience
I decided to join the team in the Autumn of 2010. Having
qualified as barrister I have a strong interest in the
litigation side employment law.
I have now developed a successful track
record of advising Vista clients such as Airbus, Vauxhall
and many others on a whole range of employment law issues,
and representing our clients in the Employment Tribunal.
I also enjoy delivering a whole
range of training workshops for as part of our V learning
program.
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Specialist Areas of Practice:
Discrimination
Complex Unfair dismissal issues
Regulatory compliance (including
Data Protection and Working Time)
Reorganisations,
restructures and consequential collective issues
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Emma here
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Emma
Quenby
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Professional profile
Qualifications
BA(Hons), GDL, Bar Professional Diploma, Barrister at
Law (Non-Practising)
Experience
Having qualified as a barrister of the Inner Temple in
November 2011 I began working with Vista. My role within
the team requires me to put into practice the skills and
disciplines I obtained during the Bar Course. I currently
support Tim Cross in assisting with transactional and
legal queries, managing case work and preparing for Tribunal
hearings.
My work at Vista encompasses a vast range of tasks which
span all stages of the employment relationship, from drafting
bespoke employment contracts, dealing with potential disciplinary
issues, assisting managers in conducting fair and effective
disciplinary procedures, drafting defences to claims issued
against employers, managing case files from inception
through to hearing, negotiating settlements and representing
our clients at the Employment Tribunal.
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Holly here
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Holly
Kennah
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Professional profile
Qualifications
LL.B(Hons), working towards Legal Practice Course
Experience
Having joined Vista in 2007 at the commencement of my
LL.B studies I am now building on my experience with Vista
in supporting Tim Cross and other members of the Vista
team.
My responsibilities vary from case management, which includes
preparation of hearing bundles, meeting deadlines set
within Tribunal Orders and finalising settlements, to
co-ordinating and developing Vista's training portfolio
by assisting in the assembly of up to date legal presentations
and workshops. I continue to broaden my role in supporting
clients (directly and indirectly) through legal research
and advice on employment law and related issues.
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Specialist Areas of Practice:
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Abi here
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Abayomi
Alemoru
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Professional profile
Qualifications
BA(Hons), LLB(Hons)
Experience
I have over 20 years of employment law practice. For over
10 years I have worked in trade union legal services advising
members and officials. I completed my law degree and the
Legal Practice Course during that time and then qualified
as a Solicitor. After leaving trade union legal services
I moved into private practice, working for large firms
such as Dibbs Lupton and medium sized firms such as Langleys.
In 2002 I joined the Engineering Employers Federation
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have also lectured in employment law at Manchester Metropolitan
University & Manchester College of Arts and Technology.
Specialist Areas of Practice:
Unfair dismissal
Absence and performance management
Discrimination law
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Rachel here
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Rachel
Reid
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Professional profile
Qualifications
BA (Hons) in Management (with German), GDL, LPC
Experience
I started working for Vista in April 2010 as a qualified
solicitor. I trained in local law firm in Lancashire and
on qualifying as a solicitor in September 2007 began working
for a Manchester city centre law firm specialising in
Employment law.
I made the decision to join Vista (as a non-practising
solicitor) because the Company offered me the opportunity
to continue gaining excellent experience working with
high profile clients, such as Culina Logistics, Airbus,
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employment law issues, delivering
training and representing our clients in the Employment
Tribunal.
Prior to my life as a lawyer I took a year out of Hull
University to work for Daimler Chrysler in Stuttgart,
Germany and also jumped at the opportunity to work for
a law firm in Mexico City for 3 months on completing
my degree.
Specialist Areas of Practice:
Capability
and performance
Disciplinary
and grievance issues
Discrimination
Complex
Unfair dismissal issues
Regulatory
compliance (including Data Protection and Working Time)
Reorganisations,
restructures and collective redundancies
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Rupa here
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Rupa
Bannuru
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Professional profile
Qualifications
Experience
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Specialist Areas of Practice:
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Pip here
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Pip
Kilgannon
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Professional profile
Qualifications
BA (Hons) Human Resource Management
Post Graduate Diploma Law and Industrial Relations
MCIPD
Experience
I am a senior HR professional with over 15 years' experience
gained across a number of different sectors. I started
my career in manufacturing before taking a more senior
role in retail. Since then, I have worked at a senior
level in Financial Services, Automotive Industry and
Telecoms.
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Following a move to the North
West, I worked in a number of 'trouble shooting' HR
roles for Virgin Media before moving on to manage
a significant client account at Airbus. I joined Vista
at the beginning of 2012 as Head of Vista HR Services
and I manage the provision of HR Services to our clients
and the management of the VHR associate network.
Specialist Areas of Practice:
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Mike here
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Mike
Clarke
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Professional profile
Qualifications
BSc (Hons), Post Grad qualification in Occupational
Health and Safety, Chartered Safety Practitioner (CMIOSH)
Accredited OSH Consultant (OSHCR)
Experience
I joined Vista in January 2012 as Director of Vista
Occupational Health & Safety, having been operating
as a Health and Safety Manager / Practitioner in excess
of 15 years and having been involved in many exciting
projects along the way.
With a background in engineering I have worked in manufacturing
for many years both in a production capacity and in
design. During the course of my work in manufacturing,
as a hobby, I began to study behavioural sciences which
led to a secondment into the area of behavioural safety.
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This marked the start of my career
in health and safety and I continued to study H&S
to post graduate level and soon had responsibility
for managing this for a large manufacturing company,
later moving on to consultancy and managing a team
of professional HSE advisers and trainers.
Specialist Areas of Practice:
Design and provision
of OHS business solutions, Project management and
implementation of OHS systems
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Ruscha here
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Rucha
Musker (OHS
Facilitator)
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Professional profile
Qualifications
NEBOSH National General Certificate, IOSH Managing Safely
AQA Associate Teaching Certificate, BTEC National Diploma
in Performing Arts
Experience
Having worked in performing arts from a young age, I
decided to change my career direction and began working
in sales and account management roles, before joining
EEF. It was during this time that I developed a keen
interest in Occupational Health & Safety and subsequently
completed the IOSH and NEBOSH qualifications.
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I joined Vista in 2012 as the
Vista OHS Facilitator. I have the exciting opportunity
of working with the VOHS Director to support and continue
to grow this arm of the business whilst further developing
my occupational health and safety experience. To advance
my skills and qualifications in occupational health
and safety I plan to continue my studies by completing
my NEBOSH Diploma over the next 18 months.
Specialist Areas of Practice:
Sales
Account management
Customer relations
Business administration
Coordinating
teams
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Tom here
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Tom
Bailey
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Professional profile
Qualifications
BA (Hons), MA (Trinity), Bar Vocational Diploma, Barrister
at Law (non-practising)
Experience
I have been with the Vista team for over 5 years at
this stage. I continue to enjoy my ever expanding role
with the company.
In November 2011 I became
a Barrister of The Middle Temple having graduated from
the Manchester Bar Course earlier that year.
On the Bar Course I came 1st
in the year in both Advocacy and Legal Research. Both
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work at Vista to date has been predominantly 'litigation
based'. Key tasks involve filing defences (ET3's), case
management and negotiating settlements. I also attend
the Employment Tribunals on behalf of Vista's clients.
In February this year (2012) I appeared before Mrs Justice
Slade in the Employment Appeal Tribunal in discrimination
proceedings in a 'pro bono' case. This represents the
highlight of my 'legal career' to date.
Specialist Areas of Practice:
Unfair dismissal
Wages disputes
Discrimination law
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