Esther Smith

Partner

Esther is an experienced employment lawyer with clients in both the public and private sectors.

She has particular expertise in Employment Tribunal litigation, and complex TUPE matters. She works with her clients in a truly collaborative manner, creating long lasting partnership relationships and supporting her clients through their employment law challenges, and finding commercial solutions.

Esther is a member of the Employment Lawyers Association.

Jurisdiction: England and Wales

Experience

Bristol

+44 (0)333 006 0966

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Esther is a force for good, with pragmatic, sound advice, and is very focused on getting the right outcome for the client.

Chambers UK 2026

Esther is very personable and client-focused; she works well with the HR team to understand our issues and helps us to work through complex cases and scenarios.

Legal 500 UK

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January 28, 2026

Employment Law - Looking Ahead January 2026 Edition

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January 26, 2026

The Cyber Security and Resilience Bill: Understanding the UK's Legislative Response to Digital Threats

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January 23, 2026

Navigating Green Claims: CMA Guidance for Supply Chain Actors

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January 15, 2026

Climate risks and stranded assets: Protecting your property portfolio

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January 13, 2026

Non-financial misconduct: FCA draws the line – are you ready to lead on tackling misconduct?

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December 18, 2025

Employment Rights Act 2025

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December 16, 2025

Aligning sustainability with opportunity: The business case for biodiversity net gain

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November 24, 2025

Rewriting the rulebook: the earned settlement model and what it means for employers

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November 18, 2025

Employment law update: Digital HR1 forms, extension to Acas conciliation, and changes to MyHMCTS

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November 14, 2025

Contract dispute management

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November 11, 2025

How can carbon credits and insetting help you achieve your net-zero targets?

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November 11, 2025

The Employment Rights Bill Shaping the details through four new consultations

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November 6, 2025

CMA seeks views - Are public procurement rules creating barriers to supplier growth

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October 30, 2025

Employment Law - Looking ahead October edition

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October 24, 2025

AI in Motion - How to make sustainable AI a reality

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October 23, 2025

Next tranche of immigration changes published

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May 8, 2025

Retail Risk Outlook 2025

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February 18, 2025

Green Claims Outlook 2025

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January 27, 2025

Retail Agility: The rise in retail crime

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September 11, 2024

TLT Impact Report 2024 | For our people, planet and places

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May 16, 2024

TLT AI Navigator | Steering you through the legal AI landscape

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April 16, 2024

Retail Agility: Navigating the AI frontier in retail

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February 29, 2024

Retail Risk Outlook 2024

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January 30, 2024

Digital Risk Outlook 2024

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November 8, 2023

TLT Impact Report 2023

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November 6, 2023

PICTFOR: Tech for Good, Tech for Growth report

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June 20, 2023

Retail Agility: Unlocking Retail Resilience

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May 23, 2023

Rethinking Hospitality: Embracing Challenges, Unlocking Growth

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April 6, 2023

Retail Risk Outlook 23

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January 19, 2023

Green claims outlook 2023

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November 14, 2022

TLT Responsible business report 2022

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November 9, 2022

The fast and the curious: Empowering in-house lawyers to create business value

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November 24, 2025

TLT named supplier on Legal Panel for Government framework

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July 23, 2025

Government and public services legal panel appointments

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June 27, 2025

TLT reappointed to the National Legal Services Framework

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May 19, 2025

TLT grows real estate offering with appointment of commercial expert

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April 22, 2025

TLT strengthens public sector infrastructure and future energy offering with two new partners

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February 4, 2025

Court of Appeal upholds CMA charge control for blue-light radio network services

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January 20, 2025

TLT welcomes AI and digital transformation expert as partner

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December 2, 2024

TLT advises administrators appointed to rescue iconic Typhoo Tea

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October 24, 2024

TLT bolsters employment expertise with legal director hire in Belfast

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September 18, 2024

TLT reappointed to North West Legal Consortium

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June 14, 2024

TLT wins High Court claim for easyCOSMETIC

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May 23, 2024

TLT strengthens employment team with new partner hire in Birmingham

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May 16, 2024

TLT launches AI maturity assessment tool

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February 29, 2024

TLT appoints digital economy specialist as partner in technology IP and data team

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February 21, 2024

TLT advises Eolas Architects on transition to employee ownership

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January 29, 2024

TLT head of public inquiries and public law shines in The Lawyer's Hot 100 list 2024

Podcast

22 May 2025

Employment Law Focus - Understanding the Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Act 2023

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14 February 2025

Employment Law Focus - episode twenty four

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04 December 2024

Employment Law Focus Labour's Employment Rights Bill

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20 May 2024

Employment Law Focus flexible working and the four day work week

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30 October 2023

Employment Law Focus: The impact of AI on employment law

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17 July 2023

Employment Law Focus: Menopause in the workplace

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23 March 2023

Thinking Differently: neurodiversity and work

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13 December 2022

Employment law focus - Winter 2022 and the cost of living crisis

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06 October 2022

Employment Law Focus: Trans and non-binary inclusion

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29 June 2022

Employment law focus: An update on gender equality issues at work

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11 April 2022

Employment Law Focus: Race discrimination

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20 December 2021

Five new challenges with returns to work

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11 October 2021

The rise of the disability agenda - Employment Law Focus - episode thirteen

Podcast

14 July 2021

Employment Law Focus - Employee wellbeing post-pandemic

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19 April 2021

Employment Law Focus: Technology

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30 March 2021

Views on fintech - interview with Niels Pedersen, MMU

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Events & Webinars

27 January 2026

DMCC Act - The next chapter for CMA Consumer Law Enforcement

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15 December 2025

Procuring 360 webinar series

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02 September 2025

Conducting compliant evaluations and moderations - avoiding the pitfalls

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17 July 2025

Clarifications in public procurement‚ when can/must we clarify?

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Client stories

05 October 2020

Case study: Part VII Transfer for Triodos Bank in response to Brexit

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05 October 2020

Case study: helping a major UK utilities provider employment law Brexit

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TLT oversees an international acquisition of a specialised South West business

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25 June 2025

Bitesize ERB

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10 October 2024

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17 July 2024

The three main ways to reduce your CO2 emissions

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12 July 2024

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25 June 2024

Placing sustainability at the heart of learning - TLT and the Ministry of Eco Education

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12 June 2024

The Future of Work: People, Culture and Tech

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26 March 2024

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07 March 2024

A partnership for sustainable action: TLT and Belmont Estate

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28 February 2024

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24 November 2023

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12 December 2022

Managing legal risks in the metaverse

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05 February 2021

TLT’s Fintech School – trainee interview

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11 December 2020

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10 July 2020

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31 October 2019

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16 May 2018

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