Chester

Settlement Agreement Solicitor in Chester and Cheshire

John Hassells is a Chester based employment law solicitor with over 20 years advising clients on settlement agreements and related employment law issues. Having practised employment law at national and regional top law firms, including working at partner level and heading up a commercial regional law firm’s employment law team, John launched his own employment law practice in 2024.

John is also founder of settlementagreement.uk, a website dedicated to helping employees and employers reach sensible speedy settlement agreements. John provides legal services to employees in relation to settlement agreements through a fully authorised and regulated law firm, as a consultant employment solicitor.

John can arrange to meet you locally in Chester city centre or near Tarvin or remotely by telephone, email and/or video call.

Settlement Agreement Expertise

• Qualified Solicitor specialising in employment law.
• Over 20 years experience advising employees and employers in relation to settlement agreements.
• Has been recommended for employment law in the Legal 500 Law directory.
• Member of the Employment Lawyers Association.
• The cost of advising you on your settlement agreement is fixed at your employer’s legal expenses contribution, so you don’t pay anything more.
• Invoice sent to your employer directly for payment.

Testimonials from Chester Settlement Agreement clients:

Andrew from Kelsall:

Matthew from Guilden Sutton:

Jonathan from Chester:

Settlement Agreement advice services and case studies

• Turned around a settlement agreement process the same day, advising by telephone and emailing the signed off documents to HR.
• Helped an employee to secure a substanially improved financial settlement.
• Secured the removal of post-termination restrictions that would have impeded the client from securing new work.
• Obtained a job reference for an employee that was subject to a pending disciplinary for gross misconduct.
• Negotiated successfully to secure an additional months of salary and benefits to give the employee time to secure a new job,
• Drafted a settlement agreement for an employer, having advised on the best strategy to approach severance discussions, which resulted in an agreement with the employee to leave on amicable terms.
• Advised an employer on a large scale redundancy situation, using settlement agreeements to secure a waiver of employee claims for enhanced termination payments.