ARA Workplace Law

Meet The Team

Gareth McCay LL.B

Gareth McCay - ARA Workplace Law HR Consulting Northern Ireland

Gareth has extensive employment law experience acting on behalf of employers and senior employees in both the Employment Tribunal and Civil Courts. He has taken and defended cases of unfair dismissal, wrongful dismissal, breach of contract, equal pay and various forms of discrimination including in particular sex discrimination, sexual harassment, race discrimination and religious discrimination. Gareth also advises clients on day-to-day HR matters, TUPE, termination agreements, corporate transactions, contracts of employment, service agreements and company handbooks. 

Gareth advises SMEs on commercial matters such as commercial contracts, contract disputes, data protection and governance. He has drafted and advised on shareholder agreements, service agreements and consultancy agreements. He has acted on both the sale and purchase of businesses via share purchase agreements and asset purchase agreements. He has drafted and acted upon share back sales and share buy back agents. He has also acted in director disputes and shareholder disputes to include taking and defending cases in Employment Tribunal, County Court and the High Court and resolving matters via mediation.

Gareth is the founder and managing director of ARA Workplace Law. He was educated at Leeds University, Queen’s University and Manchester Metropolitan University. Gareth obtained a training contract with leading English firm JMW and qualified as solicitor in the jurisdictions of both England & Wales and Northern Ireland in 2008. He spent 6 years as an Associate Solicitor with a leading commercial law firm in Belfast. Gareth has a varied workload of employment law matters, and commercial matters. He is also managing director of McCay legal.

Aaron Mullen LL.B

Aaron Mullen - ARA Workplace Law HR Consulting Northern Ireland

Aaron splits his time between our Employment Department and our Litigation Department and is dual qualified to act in the jurisdiction of Northern Ireland and the jurisdiction of England and Wales. He has acted in a number of employment tribunal matters on behalf of both claimants and respondents including cases of unfair dismissal, discrimination, unlawful deduction from wages and breach of contract.

Aaron has extensive experience acting in cases of personal injuries including RTAs, accidents at work, industrial disease, holiday sickness and medical negligence.

Aaron has acted in a number of both civil and commercial litigation matters both in Northern Ireland and in Great Britain. He has acted in matters relating to debt recovery, professional negligence and breach of contract.

Aaron was educated at Omagh CBS before graduating from Queen’s University Belfast with a degree in Law. Aaron completed his legal education in 2016 at Manchester Metropolitan University where obtained a Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice.

Kerri McGrory

Kerri McGrory - ARA Workplace Law HR Consulting Northern Ireland

Kerri is an Associate Solicitor in our Employment and Litigation Department and has assisted in a number of employment tribunal matters for both claimants and respondents including cases of unfair dismissal, discrimination, unlawful deduction from wages and breach of contract. Kerri also assists in dealing with workplace grievances. Kerri has also assisted in several litigation matters such as debt recovery matters and personal injury cases, including road traffic accidents.

Kerri was educated at Thornhill College before graduating from University of Strathclyde with a 2:1 in Scots & English Law. Kerri obtained a training contract with a leading Belfast firm in September 2022 before relocating and joining McCay Legal – ARA Workplace Law, as a Trainee Solicitor in January 2024.

Kerri graduated from the Institute of Professional Legal Studies at Queens University Belfast in June 2024 where she obtained a Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice with Distinction. Kerri qualified as a Solicitor and was admitted onto the Roll of Solicitors in Northern Ireland in September 2024.

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