Mark Mason Employment Law

What Mark Mason Employment Law does

Mark Mason Employment Law is a private employment law consultancy founded in 2012 by solicitor Mark Mason, headquartered in Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland. The firm provides employment law advice, HR support, and representation to employers and charities across Northern Ireland, Great Britain, and the Republic of Ireland. Its core product is a fixed monthly fee retainer service offering retained clients unlimited access to employment law advice, drafting of contracts and policies, and tribunal representation, with the subscription model designed to encourage early engagement on issues rather than reactive firefighting.

The firm's service suite includes contracts of employment, HR policy handbooks, documentation for self-employed and casual workers, online training resources (video tutorials and guidance notes), tribunal representation, and in-person training workshops. A secure client portal provides document access with audit trails. The firm operates as a consultancy rather than a traditional solicitor's firm, a structural choice that the firm states yields lower overheads, more competitive rates, and greater flexibility. The team consists of four members: founder and Managing Director Mark Mason, two Employment Law Advisers (Sharon McArdle, joined 2016; Gail Taylor, joined 2017), and a Personal Assistant (Maeve Doherty, joined 2017).

The firm's go-to-market is sales-led, relying on direct engagement, referrals from satisfied retained clients, content marketing through regular blog articles on employment law developments, and educational training workshops. The firm differentiates on particular expertise in the charity and faith-based sectors, with bespoke workshops and an understanding of sector-specific contexts cited as a competitive advantage. The firm is a private limited company with no external funding, no parent entity, and no subsidiaries, operating solely on retained client fees. A partnership with an insurance company offers Tribunal indemnity insurance to retained clients, bundling legal defence and insurance coverage into the retainer offering.

Name

Mark Mason Employment Law

Legal name

Mark Mason Employment Law Ltd

Website

https://markmasonlaw.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Mark Mason Employment Law is a Northern Ireland-based employment law consultancy providing fixed monthly fee retainer services to employers and charities across the UK and Ireland. Founded in 2012 by solicitor Mark Mason, the firm offers employment law advice, HR documentation, tribunal representation, and training.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Employment Law Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110), Legal Services (5411)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Employment & Labor Law (BPAHAAAD)

Keywords

• Employment law advisory
• Hr policy drafting
• Tribunal representation
• Retainer legal services
• Workplace compliance support

Headquarters

HQ city

Newtownabbey

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Employment Law Retainer Services: Fixed monthly fee retainer model providing retained clients with ongoing employment law advice, drafting services, and support. Clients receive unlimited access to advice without being charged per minute, encouraging early engagement on issues.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Mark Mason Employment Law provides retainer-based employment law advisory services to employers and charities across Northern Ireland, Great Britain, and the Republic of Ireland. The core product is a fixed monthly fee retainer offering unlimited on-demand employment law advice, drafting of contracts, policies and HR documentation, and ongoing support. Supplementary offerings include employment tribunal representation, in-person training workshops, and exclusive online training resources (video tutorials and guidance notes) for retained clients.

Product overview

Mark Mason Employment Law operates as a retainer-based legal services firm offering a unified suite of employment law services to employers. The core offering is the Employment Law Retainer Service, a fixed monthly fee subscription providing unlimited access to employment law advice and drafting services. This is supplemented by service modules including contracts of employment drafting, HR policy handbook creation and maintenance, documentation for self-employed/casual workers, online training resources (video tutorials and guidance notes), tribunal representation, and training services. A client portal provides secure document access. The firm serves employers throughout the UK and Ireland, with particular expertise in charity and faith-based sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Employment Law Retainer Service

Quantifiable outcome

• Retained clients report transformation from anxiety to peace regarding employment law compliance

Named customers3 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Tribunal Indemnity Insurance PartnerminorOthersPartners with an insurance company who offers Tribunal indemnity insurance. If clients follow the firm's advice and a case is taken against them, both legal costs to defend the case and any compensation awarded are covered by the insurance policy.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Citation: UK-based HR and employment law subscription provider serving SMEs and employers with fixed-fee retainers, online training and documentation. Direct comparison point for Mark Mason's retainer model and competitive threat in the same employer customer base.
• Peninsula Group: Large UK employment law and HR consultancy offering fixed-fee retainer services, tribunal cover and 24/7 advice to employers. Closest scaled analogue to Mark Mason's subscription employment law model and a key competitor for SME employer clients.
• Lewis Silkin: UK law firm with a substantial employment, immigration and reward practice advising employers on workforce matters. Directly comparable service offering to Mark Mason, though operating at much larger scale and with full solicitor regulation.
• BrightHR: UK HR software and employment law advice provider with subscription plans bundling HR documentation, legal advice and HR software. Comparable subscription employment law/HR bundle targeted at SME employers.
• Wrigleys Solicitors: UK law firm with a dedicated employment law team advising employers on HR matters, contracts and tribunal work. Comparable employment law advisory service to UK employers across multiple sectors.
• Croner (Croner-i): UK HR and employment law advice provider with retainer-style subscriptions, policy templates and telephone advice lines. Comparable business model serving UK employers seeking outsourced employment law support.

Regional players

• Stephens Scown Solicitors: South West England-based law firm with an employment law practice advising regional employers. Comparable employment law advisory services to a regional employer base but operating in a different UK geography to Mark Mason.

Emerging players

• LawBite: UK legal-tech platform offering on-demand employment law advice and document services to businesses on a subscription or fixed-fee basis. Emerging tech-enabled competitor to traditional retainer employment law firms.

Broad incumbents

• DWF Group: Large international law firm with a significant employment law practice serving UK and Ireland employers. A broad incumbent offering overlapping employment law capability as part of a wider legal services portfolio.
• Thompsons Solicitors: Major UK law firm with long-standing employment law practice serving both employees and employers. Overlaps with Mark Mason's employment law and tribunal representation services but at far larger scale.

Market position

Strengths2 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/MarkMasonEmploymentLaw
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/collective-business-services

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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