Caroline Yarrow

Partner

+44(0)20 7783 3538

+44(0)7973 361229
[email protected]
Location

London, Cambridge

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Profile

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Caroline advises on a wide range of contentious and non-contentious employment issues, providing legal, practical and strategic support to both corporate and individual clients.

She has litigated numerous cases in the Employment Tribunal and the Employment Appeal Tribunal and has particular experience in discrimination and whistleblowing claims for both claimants and respondents.

Caroline advises individual clients on all their employment needs, both in relation to their own staff and their personal employment situation and regularly advises on high value settlement negotiations, team moves and restrictive covenant issues.

Caroline’s non-contentious experience includes advising on contracts of employment, consultancy arrangements and employment policies and procedures. She has also advised extensively on the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations (TUPE) and the Cabinet Office Statement of Practice on Staff Transfers in the public sector and has worked with various clients on a number of outsourced central Government contracts, particularly in the field of employment related services.

Caroline also lectures regularly on employment law both internally and externally; including speaking at the Charity Law Association AGM about Volunteers, on HR issues at events run by the Independent Schools Bursars Association and on various topics at HR Forums run by the Association of Employment and Learning Providers and the Employment Related Services Association. She has also been a regular guest speaker at annual in-house lawyers’ conferences run by the training organisation, CLT.

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'Caroline always provides excellent advice and service.'
Chambers 2025
'She is a really capable lawyer. She is very knowledgeable on discrimination law and is calm and straightforward, with very good client care skills.'
Chambers 2025
'Caroline is highly skilled, with great commercial and interpersonal skills.'
Chambers 2025
'Caroline Yarrow is also excellent. She has excellent employment law knowledge and has a very personable approach with clients who appreciate her candour. She is a pleasure to work with.’
Legal 500
‘Caroline Yarrow- outstanding technically as a lawyer, but also very strong commercially and is able to understand the business and the legal challenge and contextualise into the business context.’
Legal 500
'Caroline Yarrow is very efficient and always answers queries with immediate effect. Her management of communications is very efficient and they always come back with an outcome / answer in a timely manner.’
Legal 500
'Above all, Caroline Yarrow's relentless pursuit of results is what truly sets her apart. She has a genuine desire to achieve the best possible outcomes for her clients.’
Legal 500
'Caroline Yarrow excels at explaining complex legal concepts in a way that is easy to understand, empowering us to make informed decisions. Moreover, she keeps us informed at every stage of the process, providing regular updates and promptly addressing any questions or concerns. This level of communication fosters trust and confidence in her abilities.'
Legal 500
‘Caroline Yarrow is an experienced, technically sound, solution-focussed employment partner. She is a sensible, reassuring lawyer in a complex dispute, never unnecessarily raises the temperature but will negotiate hard when required.’
Legal 500, 2024
‘Caroline Yarrow – the advice she gives is second to none. Commercially astute but also appreciates what the client is seeking to achieve and prioritises accordingly.’
Legal 500, 2024
‘People skills, commercial awareness and commercial sense with great tenacity is evident in Caroline Yarrow and her team at BDB Pitmans, which makes clients feel comfortable and at ease with the service that they are paying for. The team were very supportive and encouraged me to have faith in my own abilities and to just keep going and not to let anything sway me away from my goals. Their sensitivity encouraged me to strike a balance between being empathetic and having a thick skin, whilst going for what I believe in. They are very supportive and offer great guidance.’
Legal 500 2024
‘Caroline Yarrow and her team are amazing. They always reply to emails giving such excellent guidance and advice. Their consistency, promptness and clarity are some of their strengths.’
Legal 500 2024
‘Caroline Yarrow represents the gold standard of an employment lawyer in terms of the depth of her knowledge and her precision in applying that knowledge to the legal issues of a case. She is unfazed by the complicated legal issues and has a good commercial awareness. Nobody should be looking for a second opinion after receiving her advice or assessment.’
Legal 500 2024
‘I found Caroline Yarrow to be thoughtful, attentive and calming. Quickly, she was able to understand my matter and have me understand my options. Her experience enables her to quickly sort possible strategies and outcomes understanding practicalities and likelihoods of various options – this ensured that my decisions were made confidently. I never felt forgotten, as I have done elsewhere, and the matter was concluded within time and budget, for which I am extremely grateful.’
Legal 500 2024
‘Caroline Yarrow is an extremely practical and solutions-focused partner who brings sound technical and tactical expertise to delivering her client’s objectives. She is a calm, reassuring and sensible lawyer who is very good to have on your side in the most sensitive contentious matters.’
Legal 500 2024
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