{"id":496,"date":"2021-11-29T22:51:53","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T22:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riaabarkergillette.com\/uk\/our-team\/karen-cole\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T17:50:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T17:50:25","slug":"karen-cole","status":"publish","type":"our-team","link":"https:\/\/www.riaabarkergillette.com\/uk\/our-team\/karen-cole\/","title":{"rendered":"Karen Cole"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-partner-and-head-of-employment\">Partner and Head of Employment<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Karen Cole joined RIAA Barker Gillette in 2016, having worked at Warners Solicitors for ten years. Karen first practised as a chartered legal executive before qualifying as a solicitor in 2013. Karen has a range of expertise based on her employment law, dispute resolution, and litigation background. Karen provides employment law advice to businesses and individuals, whether contentious or not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div aria-label=\"Carousel Gallery\" class=\"wp-block-coblocks-gallery-carousel\"><div class=\"coblocks-gallery-carousel-swiper-container is-cropped coblocks-gallery has-no-alignment has-caption-style-dark has-horizontal-gutter has-no-thumbnails\"><div class=\"has-carousel has-carousel-xlrg swiper-container has-responsive-height\" data-swiper=\"{&quot;alignCells&quot;:false,&quot;autoPlay&quot;:true,&quot;autoPlaySpeed&quot;:&quot;5000&quot;,&quot;draggable&quot;:true,&quot;freeMode&quot;:false,&quot;loop&quot;:true,&quot;navigation&quot;:false,&quot;pageDots&quot;:true,&quot;pauseHover&quot;:false,&quot;responsiveHeight&quot;:true,&quot;slidesPerView&quot;:1,&quot;thumbnails&quot;:false,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;12345&quot;}\" style=\"height:400px\"><div class=\"swiper-wrapper\"><div class=\"swiper-slide\"><div class=\"coblocks-gallery--item\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\"><figure class=\"coblocks-gallery--figure has-margin-left-5 has-margin-left-mobile-5 has-margin-right-5 has-margin-right-mobile-5\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"271\" alt=\"Testimonial Slides - 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Should your business face a complex legal challenge or litigation, Karen provides a first-class service and offers straight-talking commercial advice. Karen remains competitively priced by never &#8220;over-lawyering&#8221; a case.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-individuals\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9554ab\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Individuals<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Karen Cole recognises that work is an essential part of life and advises individuals employed at the highest levels of seniority on every stage of the employment journey, from employment contracts to guidance on family-friendly employment rights, settlements, redundancies, and dismissals. When difficulties at work arise, Karen offers sensible, proactive advice tailored to your circumstances.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Karen Cole is a member of the Employment Lawyers Association (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.elaweb.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ELA<\/a>) and the Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ardl.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ARDL<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LPC (Distinction)<br>Solicitor of England &amp; Wales (Admitted 2013)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.riaabarkergillette.com\/uk\/testimonial-category\/testimonials\/testimonials-employment\/testimonials-karen-cole\/\" class=\"thumb-btn\">View testimonials<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.reviewsolicitors.co.uk\/widget\/rs.js\"><\/script>\n<div id=\"rswidget_jpmUP\" style=\"position: relative; \"><\/div>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n  var props = {\n    width : 400,\n    photo : false  };\n  rs.loadWidget('rswidget_jpmUP', 'individual-solicitor', 109257, props);\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#689eb5\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Expertise<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-accordion\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-accordion-item\"><details><summary class=\"wp-block-coblocks-accordion-item__title\">Articles<\/summary><div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-accordion-item__content\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.riaabarkergillette.com\/uk\/employer-warning-as-immigration-raids-hit-record-high\/\">Employer warning as immigration raids hit record high<\/a> &#8211; 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