Following a successful career in the fire service acting as a senior trade union representative for over 17 years. I established Castle Associates in 2008 to support individuals being treated unfairly at work and small to medium businesses with their outsourced HR needs, ‘poacher become game keeper’.

I have a degree in law and over 24 years’ of practical experience in dealing with: *grievances, disciplinary and redundancy situations * absence and performance management processes * business restructures and reorganisations * disciplinary and grievance investigations * chairing disciplinary and grievance appeal hearings * Employment tribunal advocacy