Thompsons Solicitors backing Land Engineering Scotland workers

Lawyers at Thompsons Solicitors are working with former employees of Glasgow-based Land Engineering Scotland Ltd in a legal action to secure a better redundancy package.

Land Engineering Scotland went into administration at the beginning of June, leaving over 100 loyal employees out of work. They were given almost no notice they were losing their job.

They are now working with the legal team who defeated Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley in court after he sacked staff at an Ayrshire warehouse with just 15 minutes’ notice. The same team also secured a six figure pay out for workers at the Tullis Russell paper mill in Fife after they were dumped by bosses at short notice without consultation.

Peter O’Donnell, a partner with Thompsons Solicitors who championed the previous successful claims against Mike Ashley and Tullis Russell, said: “The way these decent men and women were treated by management has been shameful. To be given almost no notice of redundancy is not only cold hearted it is also against the law.

“My legal team are now beginning legal action to secure these workers a better redundancy payout and I would encourage all former Land Engineering Scotland employees to join us.”

He added: “But there’s a wider issue here. The directors of companies in instances like this can call in administrators and basically walk away from all their liabilities leaving the tax payer to pick up the tab. That’s not right.

“I’m calling on the UK Government’s Insolvency Service to look at this case and others like it and mount a prosecution against the company directors. They have the power to do it and it’s only by bringing these people to book that we’ll stop administration events like this.

“They are often pre-planned by the directors of failing companies and they are devastating not only workers but the tax payer too. It’s got to stop and the UK Government has the power to do it now.”