T: +44 (0)20 7749 2700

7 Bath Place, London EC2A 3DR

Nicholas C J Lakeland

Partner, Employment Law
T: +44 (0)20 7749 2700
E: ncjl@silvermansherliker.co.uk

 

Nick is often asked to assist in advising clients with the preparation and negotiation of compromise agreements and is therefore particularly well acquainted with the issues arising from them. He acts for clients in a wide range of industries, including facilities management, engineering, telecommunications, hair and beauty, PR, fashion, leisure and entertainment, I.T., finance and banking, insurance, etc. as well as having an in-depth knowledge of the recruitment industry. As a result Silverman Sherliker has been chosen as one of the REC's panel of recommended lawyers. 

His employment practice consists of advising clients on both contentious and non-contentious issues, including the drafting of employment contracts and service agreements, disciplinary procedures and company policy documentation generally. He has been involved in a number of reported cases, including Reiner Moritz Associates Ltd -v- Carter [EAT] ICR 1997.

Nick has also over the years assisted a number of clients who have been investigated and prosecuted in connection with breaches of health and safety laws.

He is regularly asked to comment on live employment tribunal cases and employment law issues generally and has appeared on television broadcasts given by BBC News 24 (Commenting on claims which could be brought by the News Of The World employees), Channel 4 News (Commenting on the case of Villalba v Merrill Lynch & Co Inc [2007] ICR 469) and CNN (Commenting on the World Health Organisations ban on recruiting employees who smoke). Nick has also been interviewed for Radio 4's the Today Programme and several programmes for Radio 5 Live, Radio London (The Vanessa Feltz Show), Colourful Radio and CHQR AM in Canada (The Rutherford Show).

Nick has been asked to provide comments for articles appearing in The Sunday Times, The Sunday Telegraph, The Times, The Telegraph, Metro, The Evening Standard, The Economist, The In-House Perspective as well as Lexis Nexis.

He has also written for a number of publications including the REC Legal Bulletin, Recruitment Matters, Recruitment Consultant, Recruitment Opportunities, Leisure Report, Payroll World as well as other industry related publications.


He is a member of the Employment Lawyers' Association and the British Italian Law Association.

Nick is a London School of Economics law graduate and was admitted as a solicitor in 1990. After leaving McKenna & Co (now CMS Cameron McKenna) he moved to The Simkins Partnership. From a broad commercial litigation background his practice focused on employment law. He joined Silverman Sherliker as a partner in 1998 and has developed a thriving Employment Law Unit.

One thing you may be interested to know about Nick is that he is a passionate bridge player and takes no prisoners with his courageous bidding.


Publications

Digital Age Spawns Big Brother Bosses Alazeera, November 2011
BBC Interview in Relation to News of... T.V - BBC News, August 2011
Silverman Sherlike Prepares for potential... The Lawyer, July 2011
Royal Wedding Bank Holiday Day Off? BBC Radio 4, April 2011
Business Of Law - Time to Retire Lexisnexis, April 2011
New Retirement Regime - A Legal Quagmire? Lexisnexis, March 2011
Employees & Social Networking  In-House Perspective, January 2011
Struck Out The Economist, November 2010
Industrial Relations Reform Proposals Impractical LexisNexis, October 2010
Website Must be Accessible or Disabilty... Lexisnexis, June 2010
Dinner for 2P: The restaurant that lets you name... Times Online, December 2009
Social Networking Costs UK Businesses Dearly... Recruitment Today, October 2009
Male Employment Rate Heads Towards Record Low Recruitment Today, October 2009
The Risk Within, White Collar Crime The In-House Perspective, July 2009
Diversity Agenda Still Important in Recession Recruitment Today, June 2009
Pregnant Women and New Mums Targeted for... Recruitment Today, June 2009
Disabled Workers Hit Unfairly by Recession... Recruitment Today, May 2009
Smoker Fumes Over Fine for Throwaway Butt Islington Tribune, May 2009
Performance Management Fails Firms (Comment) Recruiter Today, May 2009
HR Chiefs Are Hot Property As Culture Tribunal... The Sunday Telegraph, May 2007
Two Magic Words - Choice and Flexibility Leisure Report, February 2007
Bullying in the Workplace - the Employers... Leisure Report, October 2006
Bringing Down the Barricades Times Online, October 2006
MP's Can Cash In On Memoirs But Mandarins Cant Times Online, July 2006
Transfer of Undertakings - What You Need to Know Leisure Report, July 2006
Saying Goodbye with a Compromise Evening Standard, July 2006
Love Contracts, and Antidote for Workplace... Leisure Report, April 2006
Protecting Your Good Name REC Legal Bulletin, December 2005
Holiday Pay Saga Recruitment Consultant, 2005
Help is at Hand When Firms Ignore the Rules Professional Secretary, December 2004
Sexual Orientation, Religion and Belief Recruitment Consultant Magazine, September 2004
FA's Moral Crusade is Wrecked by Sex Scandal in... Times Sport, August 2004
Alumni News, Ratio Law Department Newsletter Leisure Report, Summer 2004
Invesment Banks Expect Discrimation Law Suit StateSteet.co.uk, May 2004
Caught in the Act In-Store, March 2004