Keith Potter
Keith Potter has specialised in employment law since 1984. For some 8 years he was head of employment law at one of the UK’s largest companies before joining a large City law firm and later moving to a leading practice in Guildford. He has appeared extensively as an advocate in Employment Tribunals throughout the UK, acting for both employers and employees. He has also represented parties at mediations. In the course of his career, he has advised businesses, public sector bodies and individuals on a very wide range of employment law issues including dismissals, redundancies, employment contracts and handbooks, consultancy agreements, disciplinary and grievance procedures, the employment aspects of business sales or changes of contractor, claims of discrimination on grounds of race, sex and disability, equal pay, maternity rights, compromise agreements, restrictive covenants, bonus/commission disputes, industrial action and collective consultation.
Before qualifying as a solicitor he studied classics at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He is a member of the Employment Lawyers Association and the HR Group of the Business Services Association (BSA). He contributed significantly to BSA’s consultations with government on the reform of TUPE between 2001 and 2006. He lives in Banstead and is married with 3 children. His interests include his family, cycling and piano music.