Crystal Boyde

Championing

Wellbeing

Senior Associate Solicitor and Head of Outsourced HR and Employment Law Support

About:

Crystal heads up our Outsourced HR and Employment department, helping businesses of all sizes and sectors navigate complex legal challenges while fostering positive, compliant, and productive workplaces.

Since qualifying as a solicitor in 2013, Crystal has provided expert advice on employment law and HR matters to organisations ranging from start-ups and SMEs to large corporates across a wide range of industries. She specialises in advising on HR issues, workplace policies, and employee relations, but her experience spans all aspects of employment law.

Crystal works closely with business leaders, senior management teams, and HR departments to deliver practical, hands-on support at both strategic and operational levels. Known for her proactive and solutions-focused approach, she builds long-term relationships by understanding each client’s unique needs and challenges. Her combination of legal expertise and commercial insight makes her a trusted adviser to businesses seeking to create compliant, resilient, and people-focused workplaces.

Expertise:

Discipline and grievance procedures and disputes
Unfair and constructive unfair dismissal claims
Restructuring, redundancy, and transfer of undertakings issues
All forms of discrimination including disability, race, sex and religion
Employment contracts, handbooks, and workplace policies
Without Prejudice / S111A negotiations and Settlement agreements
Family friendly rights
Wages and working time issues
Whistleblowing
Managing mental health in the workplace
ACAS Early Conciliation

Qualifications:

Legal Practice Course (BPP Law School, Leeds) – Commendation
Graduate Diploma in Law (Leeds Metropolitan University) – Commendation
Business Studies Degree (Nottingham Trent University Years 1 & 2 / Leeds Metropolitan Year 3)

Thriving:

Membership to the Law Society

Client Feedback:

I received incredible service and advice from Thrive Law. Crystal Boyde, the Senior Associate Solicitor and Head of Outsourced HR & Employment Law Support, provided exceptional guidance on the recent Supreme Court ruling and EHRC Guidelines. Her support was invaluable in ensuring our policies and messaging comply with the Equality Act and reflect our core values, supporting every employee’s right to feel safe, respected, and able to be themselves at work. Crystal’s thorough, thoughtful approach made a real difference, and I highly recommend Thrive Law for their outstanding expertise and dedication.

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Here’s why our team joined the Thrive Tribe

I joined Thrive as I love the values that we stand and fight for. I wanted to be part of a forward-thinking team, where the wellbeing of each member genuinely matters. Everyone is appreciated and respected as an individual, not a number; We are all totally committed to supporting each other, and to helping the team to grow and develop. The thrive team provide me with the support and flexibility to balance my work life along with my personal life and raising my daughter. At Thrive, you don’t have to make a choice of prioritising your career or your family; you can honestly have it all

Crystal Boyde

Associate Solicitor

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