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Employment law solicitors in Oxfordshire, delivering relationship driven support for Businesses, Partnerships, Senior Executives and Employees

Navigating the complexities of employment law requires expert guidance, whether you are an employer aiming for legal compliance or an employee protecting your rights. Understanding your legal standing is the first step toward a successful resolution.

Employment plays a central role in our lives, and timely advice from an experienced employment law solicitor helps resolve issues quickly while reducing cost, stress and disruption. Our relationship‑focused lawyers provide expert, high‑quality support across all areas of employment law, both contentious and non‑contentious, for employers, partnerships and senior executives.

SE-Solicitors delivers specialist employment law expertise across Oxford, Banbury, Bicester and Brackley, offering clear, practical guidance to clients locally, regionally and nationally.

Our team is led by Directors Carol Shaw and Philomena Price, highly experienced tribunal advocates recognised in The Legal 500 2026 and members of the Employment Lawyers Association.

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Personalised Employment Law Services for Employers

SE-Solicitors provides employers with the highest quality legal expertise, strategic insight and personal support to manage their workforce and mitigate risks. We focus on providing smart, pragmatic solutions that protect your business and foster a compliant, productive work environment. Our solicitors for employment law are here to help you.

Tribunals

Protect your business with expert representation in employment tribunals. We build a robust defence strategy to shield your organisation from costly claims and reputational damage.

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Restructuring and Redundancy

Ensure legal compliance during organisational changes. We provide strategic advice on restructuring and redundancy processes to help you manage transitions with clarity and confidence.

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HR Support

Get practical guidance for your day-to-day HR challenges. Our relationship-driven lawyers offer ongoing support to help you manage employee relations, contracts, and policies effectively.

Bespoke Corporate Training

Equip your teams with practical, actionable knowledge. We design and deliver tailored training on key employment law updates and issues to help managers handle workplace challenges confidently and compliantly.

Data Protection

Protect your business and your people. We advise on employer data obligations, employee privacy issues, and GDPR compliance, helping you manage risk and respond effectively to data breaches.

Disciplinary and Grievances

Navigate workplace disputes with confidence. Our expert team offers guidance on conducting fair and compliant disciplinary and grievance procedures that protect your interests and minimise legal risks.

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TUPE

Handle business transfers with care. Our experts guide you through the complexities of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) regulations, working closely with you at every stage of the process to ensure a seamless transition for all parties.

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Restrictive Covenants

Protect your organisation’s commercial interests. Our relationship-driven lawyers provide expert advice on drafting and enforcing restrictive covenants and help you protect your business from breached restrictive covenants.

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Corporate Immigration

Our employment specialists provide clear, commercial advice on visas, sponsor licence compliance, and right‑to‑work processes, ensuring your workforce remains compliant and secure.

Whistleblowing

Protect your business and manage disclosures effectively. Our employment lawyers provide clear advice on whistleblowing policies, handle complex disclosures, and guide you through investigations to ensure compliance and minimise risk.

Comprehensive Support for Senior Employees

SE-Solicitors has extensive experience in protecting the rights of senior employees and securing the best possible outcomes. At your side when it matters, we work with you to understand your unique challenges and opportunities and provide you with the legal expertise and strategic insight needed to safeguard your career.

Settlement Agreements

Negotiate terms that work for you. Providing you with clear and practical advice, our employment solicitors review, advise on, and negotiate settlement agreements to ensure your interests are protected and you receive the best possible outcome.

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Data Protection

Ensure your personal information is handled correctly. Our team can advise on your rights regarding data protection in the workplace and take action if your data has been misused.

Whistleblowing

Protect your business and manage disclosures effectively. Our employment lawyers provide clear advice on whistleblowing policies, handle complex disclosures, and guide you through investigations to ensure compliance and minimise risk.

Restrictive Covenants

Safeguard your career and future opportunities. Our relationship-driven lawyers provide expert advice on the enforceability of restrictive covenants and help you navigate post-employment obligations.

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Tribunal Claims

Our relationship-drive lawyers can help you navigate workplace disputes with confidence. If you need to bring a claim against your employer, our employment law solicitors will work tirelessly to protect your interests and achieve the best outcome for you.

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Why Choose SE-Solicitors

Understanding

With our belief that relationships really do matter, we’re focused on understanding you and your world more deeply.

Expertise

By harnessing our collective skills, knowledge, and depth of expertise, we support you to manage the unique complexity of your personal and commercial interests in a smarter way.

Insight

Naturally strategic, we’re able to see the bigger picture, solve problems and realise opportunities more effectively.

Agility

Always responsive, with a solutions orientated mindset, we get to the heart of the matter fast, enabling you to reach positive outcomes more quickly.

Meet our Employment law solicitors in Oxfordshire

Carol Shaw, Employment, SE-Solicitors
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Carol Shaw

Director
01865 561021
Philomena Price, Employment, SE Solicitors
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Philomena Price

Director
01295 204147
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Lily Darvey

Trainee Solicitor
01295 204041

Get expert employment law advice today

Whether you need guidance on a settlement agreement or representation in a tribunal, our team is firmly focused on supporting you to find the best way forward. Our approachable and expert employment law solicitors offer London-level expertise at a local cost. Schedule an appointment to get started.

Endorsements & Memberships

SE-Solicitors' Family Solicitors are Legal 500 2025 recommended lawyers.
SE-Solicitors' Family Solicitors are Legal 500 2024 recommended lawyers.

Our client testimonials

“The team provides an excellent and and compassionate service.”
The Legal 500, 2026
“Carol is an excellent solicitor. She is without doubt, very technically astute. On top of that she is fantastic with clients – ensuring they feel well supported each stage of litigation.”
The Legal 500, 2026
“The team is reliable and professional. They provide clear communication, efficient service, and a practical approach.”
The Legal 500, 2026
“Carol Shaw is a very experienced and personable employment solicitor. We also worked with a few juniors in the team. They are knowledgeable and friendly.”
The Legal 500, 2026
“I worked with Philomena Price on a settlement agreement when made redundant. Her advice and understanding was incredible during what was a stressful time. She gave me the best advice to get through the matter successfully. Amazing support!”
Client 2025
“When you’re seeking legal counsel relating to employment law there’s a decent chance you need someone in your corner who not only gives you excellent legal advice, but also supports and emboldens you to fight for fair treatment from an employer. Philomena is one of those people we gravitate to when we need clarity and certainty. On top of that, her humanity and compassion always left me feeling lighter and more positive as I dealt with a difficult situation.”
Client, 2024
“They have the ability to completely understand their clients business and how best they can support them. A personal approach that makes you feel listened to, and that working with them is a collaboration.”
Client, The Legal 500 2024
“Thank you very much for your help, I really appreciate the support and patience you gave me with the severance agreement. You ensured that the changes needed for me to have confidence with the agreement were in place. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend you to anyone requiring legal advice.”
S.C. Client, 2024
“Philomena is outstanding. I felt truly supported in my case and that she genuinely had my interests at the forefront of her actions. Thank you Philomena.”
Client, 2024
“From my initial phone call, I was treated with respect, friendliness, and asked questions regarding my employment in a professional way which put me at my ease in an upsetting situation for me. The team always replied to my e-mails, and phone calls promptly, and answered my questions clearly.”
Client, The Legal 500 Review 2023
“The calm friendly professionalism shown by Carol and her support team was excellent.”
Client, 2
“I was seeking an expert in employment law and I don’t think I could have found a better one than Philomena Price. She displayed a masterly grasp of her specialisms and the advice she gave me proved invaluable in helping me to secure a successful outcome to my case. I cannot recommend her highly enough.”
Client, The Legal 500 2024
“Carol understood my position and her advice gave me to confidence to deal with my situation much more firmly than I would have otherwise done. Thank you.”
Client, 2023
“Philomena Price is an excellent lawyer, leads the team well and is strategically superb. She has a good and loyal client following.”
Client, The Legal 500 Review 2023
“Philomena Price is an experienced employment lawyer, with specific expertise in food and drinks, and hospitality and leisure sectors. She is hard working, tactically astute and very good with clients, hence the loyalty of her clients. Impressive has been her handling of difficult situations and her skill in negotiating.”
Client, The Legal 500 2024
“A small employment team well lead by Philomena Price with excellent client following.”
Client, The Legal 500 Review 2023
“Carol Shaw is professional yet personable, takes time to understand your queries or concerns, and works with you for the best solutions. The HR breakfasts are a great initiative and allow you to meet with other HR professionals and share thoughts and ideas, guided by Carol.”
Client, The Legal 500 2024
“From my initial phone call, I was treated with respect, friendliness, and asked questions regarding my employment in a professional way which put me at my ease in an upsetting situation for me. The team always replied to my e-mails, and phone calls promptly. And answered my questions clearly.”
The Legal 500 2023
“Our main contact within the Employment team is Carol Shaw. I believe that we would not have had the successful outcomes without the professional help from Carol Shaw, whose knowledge and experience of employment law is outstanding. Carol is super efficient and personable.”
Client, The Legal 500 Review 2023
“Carol Shaw works proactively and is commercially focussed which ensures employment issues are resolved timely and successfully. Carol Shaw is highly knowledgeable and at critical times has always been available to give pragmatic advice by telephone – with other firms this has sometimes been days later in a letter.”
Client, The Legal 500 2024
“Philomena Price is an excellent lawyer, leads the team well and is strategically superb. She has a good and loyal client following.”
The Legal 500 2023
“They have always provided a first class service which is friendly, efficient and professional. My experiences with SE-Solicitors have been excellent and I would highly recommend their services.”
Client, The Legal 500 Review 2023
“Our main contact within the Employment team is Carol Shaw. I believe that we would not have had the successful outcomes without the professional help from Carol Shaw, whose knowledge and experience of employment law is outstanding. Carol is super efficient and personable.”
Client, The Legal 500 Review 2023
“A small employment team well lead by Philomena Price with excellent client following.”
The Legal 500 2023
“Carol Shaw gives clear and direct advice which is always pragmatic. Carol is able to anticipate issues before they arise and works on strategy to resolve employment issues, all whilst keeping a commercial outcome in mind.”
Client, The Legal 500 Review 2023
“The two key solicitors (Philomena Price and Carol Shaw) have spent time understanding the culture of our business, and as a result are able to offer advice and guidance which is aligned to our way of thinking.”
Client, The Legal 500 Review 2023
“Over the festive period a member of my family needed swift and critical employment advice. From the moment I made contact with SE… I felt in safe hands…. Through Philomena’s guidance and thoughtful phrasing it helped my family member see clear options… Having worked with many lawyers I was extremely impressed with Philomena and more importantly she was able to help my family member to get to a point where she could think more clearly and take action.”
Chris, 2024
“Carol Shaw gives clear and direct advice which is always pragmatic. Carol is able to anticipate issues before they arise and works on strategy to resolve employment issues, all whilst keeping a commercial outcome in mind.”
The Legal 500 2023
“I would never use any other firm. Staff are excellent, helpful and professional but they also have a sense of humour!”
Mr Colin Heaney, Cheltenham
“I have used the firm to advise our company for a number of years and have always found them to be excellent. They provide a service that is friendly and practical while giving complete confidence in their mastery of each situation. I would thoroughly recommend them.”
IMD Media Ltd – Alison Knocker, London
“This is the first time i have used a service like this so was a bit nervous. I needn’t have been as they were really friendly and talked to me in a language that I understood, explaining all the relevant technical jargon. I would definitely use them again.”
Russell Walsh, Brackley, Northamptonshire
“The employment team is highly experienced and can be relied on to provide advice and guidance on a complete range of employment issues. The service is efficient at all times, and the team understands when a matter requires urgency.”
client, The Legal 500 Review 2023
“It was a pleasure dealing with Carol and her colleagues at SE-Solicitors. In difficult times when we had sensitive HR issues to address we always felt in safe hands, with prompt, sensible advice and plenty of support throughout the process.”
Solihull, Client 2022
“Warm, practical, clear advice, promptly given and repeated to ensure understanding. Would highly recommend SE-Solicitors to anyone needing legal advice.”
Mrs H, Northamptonshire

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FAQs

Your questions answered. Take a look at some our frequently asked questions for more Information.

What should I prepare before contacting you?
Coming to your initial consultation prepared helps us provide the best possible advice. Certain information and documentation can be incredibly helpful. Before our meeting, please try to gather the following documents:

  • Your employment contract and any employee handbooks
  • Relevant correspondence, including emails and letters
  • Payroll records and a list of key dates, such as your start date or the date an issue arose
  • Any other evidence that supports your case