Services

Investigations, grievances, disciplinaries & appeals

Impartial support for workplace investigations, grievance handling, disciplinaries and appeals. We help employers navigate these processes with confidence, ensuring matters are handled fairly, proportionately and in line with organisational policies and statutory obligations. Whether you need behind‑the‑scenes guidance or an external decision‑maker, we provide calm, structured support throughout.

We assist with every stage of internal processes - from fact‑finding and evidence review to conducting meetings, preparing outcome letters and advising on next steps. Our approach blends practical judgement with a clear understanding of employment law principles, ensuring decisions are well‑reasoned, defensible and sensitive to the individuals involved. Where organisations prefer independent oversight, we can be appointed to carry out a single stage - investigation, grievance determination, disciplinary hearing or appeal - providing neutrality without conflict.

Our aim is always to help employers resolve issues efficiently, maintaining consistency and protecting workplace relationships, while ensuring each process is thorough, balanced and aligned with best practice. Whether the matter is straightforward or highly sensitive, we offer steady, expert guidance to help you reach a fair and workable outcome.

What can we assist with?

• Internal process support: Providing guidance throughout investigations, grievances, disciplinaries and appeals, ensuring each stage is handled fairly, consistently and in line with organisational policies.
  
  
• Independent investigations: Conducting impartial fact‑finding investigations where external oversight is preferred, reviewing evidence, interviewing witnesses and preparing balanced, defensible reports.
  
  
• External grievance determination: Acting as an independent decision‑maker for grievance outcomes, offering neutrality and clarity while ensuring findings are well‑reasoned and aligned with best practice.
  
  
• External disciplinary hearings: Chairing disciplinary meetings as an impartial third party, assessing evidence, managing the process calmly and preparing clear, proportionate outcome letters.
  
  
• Independent appeal reviews: Conducting appeals with full impartiality, reassessing decisions, reviewing procedural fairness and providing a balanced, senior perspective on next steps.
  
  
• Behind‑the‑scenes strategic advice: Supporting HR teams and managers with confidential guidance on process, risk, documentation, evidence handling and appropriate outcomes.
  
  
• Drafting outcome letters and documentation: Preparing clear, defensible letters and reports that set out findings, rationale and next steps in a structured and legally sound manner.
  
  
• Sensitive or complex case support: Assisting with high risk matters involving misconduct, safeguarding concerns, discrimination, whistleblowing or interpersonal conflict, ensuring processes remain calm and controlled.
  
  
• Process design and refinement: Reviewing and strengthening internal policies, procedures and templates to ensure investigations and hearings are consistent, compliant and easy for managers to follow.
  
  
• Capacity support for HR teams: Providing flexible assistance when internal teams are stretched, offering senior oversight or stepping in as an external resource for any single stage of the process.

Please note that if you require our assistance chairing any of your processes for you, we will only be able to manage one of the steps to ensure independence and integrity in the overall process.

Munro Advisory LLP (OC459151) is not a regulated law firm and does not provide reserved legal services.