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Supporting Your Role

We understand your world and are on-hand to equip you with practical, real-world advice, so you can tackle obstacles, seize competitive advantages, and move forward with confidence. Whether it’s scaling your business, managing teams, or navigating new legal terrain, our support can help you unlock your organisation’s full potential.

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CEOs & Directors

See how our expert team help leaders like you navigate risk, scale operations, and strengthen commercial relationships.

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Finance Leaders

As a CFO, you’re often the de facto legal lead but this can eat into your time and energy. Let us help you manage your legal requirements, handle compliance, and drive sustainable growth.

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Founders & Entrepreneurs

Focus on leading your business with confidence. From governance to commercial growth, our expert legal support empowers founders to make informed decisions and drive success.

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HR Leaders

Employment law is constantly changing – don’t let your business fall behind. Let us help you stay compliant, reduce risk, and protect your workforce.

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In-House Lawyers

We act as an extension of your team, picking up overflow work and providing specialist expertise, helping free up your time and elevate your impact.

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There are often unique legal challenges faced by operating in different industries. Our sector-focused expertise provides pragmatic, commercially sound legal advice tailored to your business environment.
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Retail & Luxury Brands 
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Our Pricing & Service Plans
Our Pricing & Service Plans

We’ve reimagined the way law firms work with businesses to put you in control.

We offer three ways of working together to suit your needs, and thanks to our clever use of technology and remote operating model, they all deliver partner-level expertise with significant savings on ‘city’ law firm prices.

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The Engage Plan

Our Engage plan gives you flexible access to our experienced solicitors, with no fixed monthly cost and low hourly rates, typically £318 per hour. Whatever legal assistance you need, we can support you, and the cost of using our experienced solicitors will provide a significant saving compared to those associated with traditional law firms.

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The Enable Plan

Our Enable plan is a 12-month subscription, costing £239 per month. Included in the subscription is £159 of credit each month, plus access to our Standard Rates at 50% discount, providing consistently great savings on each project we assist you with.

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The Extend Plan

Our Extend plan is a smarter way for high-growth and established businesses to get legal advice. A legal subscription service with dedicated account management, it gives you priority access to a curated team of highly experienced solicitors, whenever you need them, at a budget set by you.

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Fixed Fee Products

Solve common issues with our suite of fixed fee products, giving you clarity on costs and deliverables.

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About Us

Harper James is a new breed of commercial law firm – a national law firm designed exclusively to champion ambitious and entrepreneurial businesses, enabling them to access expert legal advice at an affordable cost when they need it most. We work with start-ups through to established businesses that have been running for years or looking to scale, futurecorns and unicorns as well as those ready to sell and often build their next business.

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Careers

Work with like-minded individuals and free from the bureaucracy of traditional law firms in a truly flexible workplace. We offer career opportunities for solicitors and business support professionals that meet your needs and evolve as you evolve.

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Meet Our Team

Meet the people of Harper James.

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Our solicitors are well-positioned to provide commentary on all manner of commercial legal issue and regularly contribute to both national, sector and industry press.

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What Our Clients Say

A selection of our client testimonials.

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Examples of some of the exciting work and waves our clients are making as well as in-depth client interviews and stories.

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Our views and perspectives on some of the latest developments.

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Employment Law

Building your HR department? You’ll benefit from our guides below providing employment law advice for employers, helping you support employees, stay compliant, and produce policies and procedures for your team.

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Contracts

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Discrimination

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Neurodiversity at work – legal compliance for employers 
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Employment Rights Act

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The Employment Rights Act: a roadmap for employers 
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New consultation on bereavement leave and pregnancy loss  
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Employment status

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Dealing with the departure of senior employees 
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Employees working from abroad: What employers need to know 
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IR35: Guidance for employers 
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Pay & benefits

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Employment Rights Act – the Fair Work Agency (FWA) 
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What are employee share schemes and how do they work? 
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Wider bereavement leave rights for employees 
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Employment Rights Bill: Government response to Business and Trade Committee report 
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The Employment Rights Bill – what do you need to know? 
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Performance & grievances

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Understanding reasonable adjustments 
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Reforming NDAs: key changes for UK businesses to know  
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Employment Rights Bill: Day One Rights 
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Employment Rights Bill: Government response to Business and Trade Committee report 
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Policies & procedures

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How can employers prepare for the upcoming unfair dismissal reforms? 
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Employment Rights Act – changes to family-related rights 
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Updated 3 months ago
Employment Rights Act – the Fair Work Agency (FWA) 
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Updated 7 months ago
Does The Modern Slavery Act apply to my business? 
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Updated 11 months ago
Employers’ guide: working from home 
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Recruitment

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How can employers prepare for the upcoming unfair dismissal reforms? 
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Employment Rights Bill: Day One Rights 
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Updated 1 year ago
Neurodiversity at work – legal compliance for employers 
Article
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Updated 1 year ago
The legal risks of AI in HR and recruitment 
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Updated 1 year ago
The Employment Rights Bill – what do you need to know? 
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Redundancy & reorganisation

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Employment Rights Act – changes to family-related rights 
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How is redundancy pay calculated? 
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Reforming NDAs: key changes for UK businesses to know  
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Dealing with the departure of senior employees 
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Updated 1 year ago
Guide to offering voluntary redundancy 
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Sickness & incapacity

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Employment Rights Act – changes to family-related rights 
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Updated 3 months ago
Employment Rights Act – the Fair Work Agency (FWA) 
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Article
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Updated 7 months ago
Understanding reasonable adjustments 
Article
Article
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Updated 11 months ago
Wider bereavement leave rights for employees 
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Updated 1 year ago
Employment Rights Bill: Day One Rights 
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Termination

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A guide to restrictive covenants in employment law 
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New Rules on Fire & Rehire 
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Reforming NDAs: key changes for UK businesses to know  
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Dealing with the departure of senior employees 
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TUPE

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Transferring employees under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (‘TUPE’) 
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Extended redundancy protection for employees on maternity, adoption, or shared parental leave 
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The Employment Rights Bill – what do you need to know? 
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TUPE transfer checklist for businesses 
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Our offices

A national law firm

A national law firm

Our commercial lawyers are based in or close to major cities across the UK, providing expert legal advice to clients both locally and nationally.

We mainly work remotely, so we can work with you wherever you are. But we can arrange face-to-face meeting at our offices or a location of your choosing.

Head Office

Birmingham 
Floor 5, Cavendish House, 39-41 Waterloo Street, Birmingham, B2 5PP
Regional Spaces

Cardiff 
Capital Tower Business Centre, 3rd Floor, Capital Tower, Greyfriars Road, Cardiff, CF10 3AG
Cambridge 
Stirling House, Cambridge Innovation Park, Denny End Road, Waterbeach, Cambridge, CB25 9QE
Manchester 
13th Floor, Piccadilly Plaza, Manchester, M1 4BT
London 
10 Lower Thames Street, London, EC3R 6AF
Oxford 
Belsyre Court, 57 Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6HJ
Sheffield 
1st Floor, Dearing House, 1 Young St, Sheffield, S1 4UP
Southampton 
White Building Studios, 1-4 Cumberland Place, Southampton, SO15 2NP
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