Leigh Janes

Leigh Janes

Associate, Employment

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Ranked by the 2025 edition of Chambers and Partners as an “Associate to Watch”, advises employers and employees on all aspects of employment law across a wide range of industries and sectors including hospitality, recruitment and financial services.

Her practice encompasses contentious, non-contentious and transactional work, and her recent experience includes advice in relation to discrimination, whistleblowing and post-termination restrictions. Leigh also provides in-house staff training.

In the Chambers & Partners Guide, Leigh is described as “excellent” and having “a wealth of knowledge”. Her communication is praised as “responsive, enlightening, and very thorough” and client feedback is that "she breaks down advice into understandable language and explains both the risks and challenges" while still managing to be “incredibly quick to answer all questions”.

Leigh enjoys getting to know her clients or their businesses, understanding their objectives and working with them to provide pragmatic and cost-effective solutions. She receives regular referrals of new work from her network of satisfied clients.

The 2025 edition of the Legal 500 features much positive feedback about Leigh, including “Leigh Janes in particular is a real asset to Wallace … She provides comprehensive, risk-based advice, and she goes above and beyond to make herself available when we have had an urgent matter to discuss.”

Clients have described Leigh as “calm, professional and methodical” and one client has stated that Leigh’s clients “are lucky to have a solicitor like you fighting their corner”.

work Highlights

• Represented a former employee in an employment tribunal claim involving a significant unlawful deduction from wages. The claim settled for a six-figure sum days before the final hearing.

• Provided transactional support on a number of share and asset sales and acquisitions, including preparing due diligence reports, advising on warranties and disclosures, and dealing with potential TUPE issues.

• Provided commercial solutions to a large hospitality client to address the complex legal rules relating to the calculation of holiday pay for workers with irregular hours which represents the majority of its workforce.

• Supported an academy trust in relation to the exit of its CEO, which involved consideration of the ESFA regulations relating to Special Severance Pay.