For solicitors
A trusted HR partner for your clients' employee situations
When a client needs the people side handled properly, not just advised on, Samantha runs it, and refers the legal questions straight back to you.
Magenta HR Consulting is led by Samantha Newton FCIPD, a Chartered Fellow of the CIPD with 25+ years' employee relations experience. She works alongside solicitors as a commercial, safe pair of hands on the HR process, with clear boundaries.
When it helps to bring in Samantha
Common situations where solicitors refer clients to Magenta:
- ✓A client needs the HR process run properly, not just legal advice on it
- ✓A situation needs handling before it's ready for a solicitor, or to avoid needing one
- ✓You'd rather not get drawn into day-to-day HR handholding
- ✓A settlement needs the commercial and people groundwork done before the agreement
How Samantha works with solicitors
A safe pair of hands that respects the boundary
Runs the HR process
Disciplinaries, grievances, investigations, performance and absence, handled correctly end to end.
Stays in her lane
Samantha handles the HR and people side and refers legal questions straight back to you. No treading on toes.
Commercial and practical
Advice built around the client's business, in plain English, so they actually act on it.
Protects the file
Fair process and clean documentation that make your job easier if it ever escalates.
Coordinates on settlements
Does the commercial and people groundwork so the agreement you draft lands cleanly.
Knows when to refer back
Clear boundaries. When it's a legal question, it comes back to you.
How referrals work
Simple, and the client stays yours
Introduce the client
A quick intro, or send them the Situation Check to start.
Samantha handles the HR side
She runs the process and keeps you in the loop where it matters.
You keep the legal relationship
Legal questions come back to you. The client stays yours.
"I brought Sam in to represent my consultancy on a complex TUPE transfer. The client couldn't tell the difference, seamless, flexible and closely aligned with my approach. Deep HR expertise with a genuinely human touch."
Let's talk
Build a referral relationship that works for your clients
Arrange a short intro call to see how Samantha can support your clients on the HR side, with clear boundaries and no risk to your relationship.