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Employment contracts and labour relations in the UK operate within a statutory framework.  As elsewhere in Europe, employees have well defined rights and enjoy statutory protection from abuse.  Compared with some other European countries, the regime of employment protection in the UK is more business-friendly.

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Hamilton Pratt is a partnership constituted under the laws of England and Wales and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. A copy of the Solicitors' Code of Conduct 2007, which sets out the rules of professional conduct which apply to solicitors, is available on the Solicitors Regulation Authority's website, http://www.sra.org.uk/solicitors/code-of-conduct.page

All the partners of Hamilton Pratt are solicitors, qualified in England and Wales.

Firm SRA number: 004 01522

In accordance with the disclosure requirements of The Provision of Services Regulations 2009, our professional indemnity insurer is Zurich Insurance plc.  Address: Zurich Professional & Financial Lines, The London Underwriting Centre, 3 Minster Court, Mincing Lane, London EC3R7DD. The territorial coverage of our policy is worldwide.

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