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KoffeeKlatch is an Irenicon brand providing fixed-price or free ways of tackling people and employment law issues for businesses who need to get the right thing done with the least amount of hassle.Our KoffeeKlatches come in three types:- free KoffeeKlatch teleseminar and downloads- low cost legal and HR documents designed to give you flexibility and choice- fixed price interventions on contracts and relationship structures, performance management, TUPE, redundancy… Show more KoffeeKlatch is an Irenicon brand providing fixed-price or free ways of tackling people and employment law issues for businesses who need to get the right thing done with the least amount of hassle.Our KoffeeKlatches come in three types:- free KoffeeKlatch teleseminar and downloads- low cost legal and HR documents designed to give you flexibility and choice- fixed price interventions on contracts and relationship structures, performance management, TUPE, redundancy, employment tribunals (if you are representing yourself or your organisation)With Koffeekatch there are no big contracts, no big commitment. For a modestly-priced fixed fee intervention, clients are on the way to resolving their problem, confident about what to do next.Christopher delivered all elements of the Koffeeklatch service.More information on KoffeeKlatch can be found at http://koffeeklatch.co.uk/ Show less

After over 30 years as full-time executive director, Christopher went part-time as legal consultant for Irenicon, a specialist legal consultancy, and has now retired.Irenicon generates imaginative and creative interventions, helping organisations get the best outcomes from their working relationships. Employment law is often seen as complex and difficult, and imposing unnecessary hurdles to business. Irenicon's perspective is that the law is not be feared – it is simply part of… Show more After over 30 years as full-time executive director, Christopher went part-time as legal consultant for Irenicon, a specialist legal consultancy, and has now retired.Irenicon generates imaginative and creative interventions, helping organisations get the best outcomes from their working relationships. Employment law is often seen as complex and difficult, and imposing unnecessary hurdles to business. Irenicon's perspective is that the law is not be feared – it is simply part of the ‘terrain’ of doing business. It can and should be used to generate business advantage. It is true that if not dealt with firmly, the law can cause problems – but these are avoidable.Irenicon helps set up structures that produce results. We help our clients feel confident and comfortable with their ability to manage working relationships productively and without being knocked off course by seemingly impossible legalities. If things have been going wrong, we get quickly to the heart of the problem and help to resolve it. For more than 30 years (and through several recessions) we have been supporting organisations with difficult people decisions. Irenicon’s speciality is providing intelligent counsel to business. We bring the varied strengths of the Irenicon director team to every matter. Our operations are transparent to our clients; no ‘double billing’ and no ‘juniors charged as experts’. We work with larger organisations to support their HR and board teams, and with senior managers. In smaller organisations we typically work with the owner.Christopher had a key client-facing role in Irenicon, providing advice on all employment law areas, writing contracts and handbooks, and appearing in tribunal. Show less

Eurotherm International was a multinational manufacturing and distribution group, producing and selling hi-tech industrial process control equipment. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange, with sixty subsidiaries in sixteen countries.Christopher ran a new legal department providing advice and support to the Group’s main board. Christopher provided commercial legal advice, managed intellectual property issues, ensured stock exchange compliance, and supervised the extensive… Show more Eurotherm International was a multinational manufacturing and distribution group, producing and selling hi-tech industrial process control equipment. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange, with sixty subsidiaries in sixteen countries.Christopher ran a new legal department providing advice and support to the Group’s main board. Christopher provided commercial legal advice, managed intellectual property issues, ensured stock exchange compliance, and supervised the extensive employee shareholding schemes. He also managed the external legal advisers across all jurisdictions and had oversight of legal issues affecting the subsidiaries.Christopher was a success as the main board’s legal adviser. Eurotherm’s directors were innovative scientists and technocrats, and with his own science degree background to back up his legal expertise, Christopher understood how the ‘science minds’ worked and could speak to them in their language. Christopher was in his element, working in a fast moving sector and helping the Board to anticipate and resolve risks.Eurotherm was at the forefront of the employee engagement movement, using shares to incentivise and engage senior staff in an era when it was relatively unusual. Christopher gained valuable experience in practical structures which linked engagement and performance and motivation. He managed both executive and employee share option schemes.Christopher was also closely involved in acquisition work, and was engaged in negotiation with principals and drafting agreements. Christopher explains:“It’s common for lawyers to draft agreements that business people do not understand. I helped create an environment of successful acquisition by avoiding that. We adopted transparent processes and understandable deals, so all those involved were fully engaged, with eyes wide open, in creating new value and generating great returns.” Show less

Butterworths are the premier UK publisher of law books for practising lawyers, having been in business for nearly 200 years. After qualifying as a barrister, Christopher joined Butterworths in the Looseleaf Textbooks department. Looseleaf textbooks were the ‘paper’ forerunner of online updating legal services.Christopher’s role involved taking the basic legal source material (UK and EU statutes, regulations, and case reports) and making them into usable and accessible information for… Show more Butterworths are the premier UK publisher of law books for practising lawyers, having been in business for nearly 200 years. After qualifying as a barrister, Christopher joined Butterworths in the Looseleaf Textbooks department. Looseleaf textbooks were the ‘paper’ forerunner of online updating legal services.Christopher’s role involved taking the basic legal source material (UK and EU statutes, regulations, and case reports) and making them into usable and accessible information for lawyers. These books were used by judges, barristers and solicitors.Christopher analysed new statutory material as it was brought out – tying up the relevant case law and generating summary material, so that users of the book could link up the different legal threads quickly and effectively.In 1978 Christopher started work on Harvey on Industrial Relations and Employment Law, the book that was to fire his interest in employment law. Christopher was responsible for the editing and incorporation into Harvey of the 1978 consolidation - bringing together all the employment protection legislation from the previous fifteen years.Harvey was the “go to” place for employment lawyers, and Christopher’s research and updating work on the book for the rest of his Butterworth career gave him a solid grounding in the minutiae of employment protection law. He also worked with eminent authors who contributed to the book.Christopher worked his way up to become head of the department, managing a team of eight people producing about fifteen updating subscription services. As well as employment law, subjects covered included patents, trade descriptions and trading standards, food and medicines, building contracts, and aviation law. Show less

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