About
The Team
Mark Mason
The business is owned and managed by Mark Mason. Mark has been advising on employment law since 2004. He qualified as a Solicitor in 2006 and worked in a Solicitors’ practice before ceasing to practise and moving into employment law consultancy in 2010. Mark established his own consultancy practice in 2012.
Mark is married to Gillian, who assists with the admin and finance roles in the business. They have two children. Mark takes a keen interest in a wide range of sports and loves northing more than spending time with friends and family on the beautiful Northern Irish north coast
Sharon McArdle
Sharon joined Mark Mason Employment Law in January 2016.
Sharon graduated from Queens University, Belfast and qualified as a solicitor in the employment department of a leading Belfast law firm in 2007, where she worked exclusively in Employment Law until 2016, when she ceased practising as a Solicitor and joined Mark Mason Employment Law. She regularly presents seminars on all aspects of employment law and provides in-house training for clients.
Sharon is married with three children and enjoys spending time outdoors and reading and watching murder mysteries.
Gail Taylor
Gail obtained her law degree from Queen's University, Belfast and qualified as a solicitor in 1992. Since then she has worked both in private practice and in business, so that she is experienced both in providing advice, and in the everyday working out of employment law.
Gail is married with 3 children. She pursues her interest in social justice issues, and enjoys walking and the gym, as long as both are followed by coffee.
Maeve Doherty
Maeve joined Mark Mason Employment Law in November 2017 as a Personal Assistant to the advisers.
Maeve graduated from University of Ulster in 2013 with a degree in Communication with Advertising. Since then she has gained experience in customer service, administration and compliance. She has worked in both the public and private sector and most recently the energy sector, where she had a quality assurance role.
Maeve has a young daughter and enjoys spending time with her swimming and going to the park. She also enjoys cosy nights in with a boxset, cup of tea and a big bar of chocolate.
The business
Our approach is to build great relationships with clients. We aim to provide clear, practical, common sense advice in a friendly manner.
While all of our advisers are legally qualified, we operate on a consultancy basis, rather than as a firm of Solicitors. This allows us to keep our overheads low, which means our clients can benefit from advice from employment law specialists at very competitive rates. In addition, operating on a consultancy basis gives us more opportunities to collaborate with Solicitors’ firms and we are delighted to have an association with a number of Solicitors’ firms across Northern Ireland who refer their clients to us for employment law advice.
We advise a wide range of employer clients – from micro-businesses to much larger entities. We are also delighted to provide services to clients in the charity sector and Mark has a particular interest and specialism in advising churches and other faith-based organisations on their specific employment law requirements.