Haresh
Sood

Haresh has experience in dealing with solicitor and client costs disputes which can arise from various situations, including but not limited to, overbilling.

In such circumstances it is crucial to analyse the time ledger and retainer very carefully. He has dealt with cost disputes concerning legal expense insurance and cost orders in the Civil courts and employment tribunals leading to the Senior Courts Costs office.

Film Haresh is also a documentary filmmaker with a background in journalism. He has advised independent filmmakers on many legal issues such as, consent, copyright and more, and held webinars on the same topics.

Having worked in media since 1994, he has also advised musicians and actors from various industries, including the adult industry, on legal matters such as contractual disputes with agents or the sale of their services.

Defamation Haresh has advised and represented clients up to the High Court in complex cases involving defamation, concerning online broadcasts, social media statements and more.

Having qualified and worked as a modern foreign languages’ teacher, Haresh can offer spoken languages of Spanish, Hindi & Punjabi.

Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) As a qualified teacher, Haresh has advised many teachers facing investigations/referrals to the TRA. He is very familiar with the rules and procedures involved and all other associated matters that come with these types of cases, including but not limited to DBS referrals, LADO reports and police investigations. He is also well versed with associated employment matters that arise and issues concerning lack of support from the unions.

Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) Haresh has advised doctors at all levels and other medical professionals and has represented them during the various hearing stages at the MPTS. He fully understands the sensitive nature of these proceedings, especially when one’s professional career is at stake. Over the years, he has dealt with a plethora of legal issues including, but not limited to integrity, misconduct, breaches in practice and many more.

Employment and Pensions Haresh's experiences are drawn from his time employed within the education sector, and his professional experiences having dealt with many types of industries outside of the education sector with clients from all over the world, employed under U.K. contracts.

He is experienced in settlement negotiations and agreements. He has represented Claimants and Respondents in complex sex, race, gender, and religious discrimination claims (amongst other protected characteristics). Often these are coupled with issues of whistleblowing, victimisation, and harassment. Haresh has extensive experience in dealing with tampering allegations and using specialist expert evidence to present these allegations in the Employment Tribunal.

Haresh has a special interest in the grievance and disciplinary stages of employment, having experienced many situations where they are flawed leading to regulatory referrals. He has further advised clients once judgements have come out concerning reconsiderations including recusal applications if there appears to be some form of bias. He has also advised up to the Employment Appeal Tribunal & Court of Appeal. He can draft ET1/ET3, acknowledgment of service, amendment applications, cost applications/responses, grounds for the notice of appeal or rule 3.10 applications, HR policies and more.

Haresh has extensive experience in the education sector as he is a fully qualified modern foreign languages teacher and taught in secondary schools, including A-level institutions and on university courses and carried out exam marking.

During his time as a teacher/lecturer, Haresh experienced many legal matters around him, including (but not limited to) parental orders, MASH referrals, discrimination of students/pupils, LADO referrals, parent complaints / appeals. He has further advised students at university on internal appeals and those to the OIAHE. He often deals with EHCP complaints to the First tier SEND Tribunal (Special Educational Needs and Disability.

Haresh is a keen advocate of ensuring children’s right to education is accessible and all children are safeguarded in the institutions they learn in, against inequality, bullying and more.