Biography
Jess joined the Employment team in 2017 and departed in 2023 as the Paralegal Team Leader in order to commence her Training Contract with Irwin Mitchell. Following seats in Corporate Tax, Restructuring and Insolvency and Employment, Jess qualified into the Employment team in May 2025. Jess works in both the advisory team and the legal expense insurance team, meaning she covers advising clients on all areas of employment law on both contentious and non-contentious matters.
Jess guides clients through employment tribunal claims, addressing issues such as unfair or wrongful dismissal, discrimination, whistleblowing and breach of contract claims. Jess offers practical HR support to businesses on disciplinary and grievance issues, redundancy, termination of employment, and the drafting of contracts and policies.
Key Highlights
Jess has experience with both defending claims on behalf of Respondent clients and pursuing claims on behalf of Claimant clients.
Testimonials
"Jessica Sewell held my hand and navigated me through 17 months of what can only be described as one of the most stressful periods of my life. Nothing, and I mean nothing, was too much trouble for her. Jessica was extremely kind, understanding and caring throughout. It would have been very easy to give up the fight as I found the journey very difficult as the case continued her reassurances kept my hope alive of a positive outcome." - 5* Trustpilot review
Awards
- Irwin Mitchell Birmingham Annual End of Year Awards - Community Spirit 2020/2021 - For Jessica’s contribution to the Employment Team during the Covid-19 pandemic.
