Amy Sergison

Partner | Employment

0191 211 7995

07834 733 902

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About Amy

Amy is your go-to lawyer for any contentious and non-contentious employment law advice, and nationally recognised as a 'Recommended Lawyer' by Legal 500 UK. She regularly advises businesses of all sizes, both regionally and nationally, on day-to-day employment law issues from recruitment through to dismissal and beyond.

She is renowned for her down-to-earth approach and has specialist knowledge of education, social housing and charity sectors.

Amy has enviable experience in defending employment litigation claims with a particular interest in complex claims involving discrimination and whistleblowing complaints.

As well as being the firm's corporate immigration specialist she leads our Employment team’s training, development and delivery programme to help businesses upskill staff to self-support.

'The service we’ve received from Amy and the team has always been excellent and I cannot recommend Muckle more highly. Amy is always clear and concise in her advice, which is absolutely what we need as well as being fantastically responsive and always available when I need her.'

Simon Walker, Gentoo

Company Secretary and Legal Counsel

Amy leads our business immigration team, advising employers on all aspects of immigration, including the prevention of illegal working and options for organisations wishing to employ migrant workers within the UK.

She has significant experience in supporting organisations to become licensed sponsors of skilled workers and advising employers on their obligations as a licensed sponsor.

Amy is passionate about the education sector and regularly supports schools, academies, colleges and universities with employment law issues. Amy is skilled at undertaking complex and sensitive investigations (including safeguarding concerns, and allegations of misconduct) and working with Boards of Trustees and Governors to resolve concerns and implement her recommendations. As a skilled public speaker, Amy regularly provides bespoke training on employment law issues to organisations in the education sector and is praised by a client in this sector for her “exceptional” advice and approachable yet commercial style.

I have had the pleasure of working with Tony McPhillips and Amy Sergison on a particularly difficult organisational matter. Amy supported me with some pertinent education and training by way of remedy. The ying and yang of good employment law support at Muckle! Communication within the team is excellent as individuals always appear to be appropriately briefed.

Legal 500 UK, client quote

Amy has significant experience in advising clients within a regulatory context, including many private and charitable organisations regulated by the Care Quality Commission. She has additional expertise in business immigration and also leads on training development and delivery. Amy is also a trustee for Seven Stories.

'Amy took the time to get to know our organisation, as well as those working in the HR team and we, have all developed excellent working relationships with her. Her understanding of ‘us’ and how we work means that her advice is always spot on, but she is always willing to engage in conversation if we feel something isn’t quite right for us and offer an alternative approach.

Amy’s advice is exceptional and she is always able to help us to assess risk levels in the ever-changing world of employment law.'

Paula Rosenberg, Signature

Business Services Manager

Amy has extensive experience in supporting social housing providers on all aspects of contentious and non-contentious employment law: from recruitment to dismissal of employees and beyond. She regularly supports social housing providers with strategic decision making and implementation of widescale change: including varying terms and conditions of employment, and industrial relations concerns and negotiations, and is described by one of her clients in this sector as “excellent”. Praised for her “clear and concise advice” and for being “fantastically responsive”, Amy also supports the sector outside of her day job as a member of Women in Social Housing North East. Amy also has an enviable track record of defending complex employment tribunal claims brought against social housing providers.