As I prepared to take over as chair of the national Employment Lawyers Association (ELA) a few months ago, a number of people asked me what I would like to achieve in the course of the next two years.
Given that we were in the middle of a pandemic, simply ensuring the organisation makes it through the next two years, keeping the interests of our 6,000 members at front of mind, as we navigate COVID-19, Brexit and the concerning challenges to the rule of law among other things, will be an achievement in itself.
However, there is more that I would like to do while in post in terms of supporting our members. It has long struck me, and indeed it is generally well recognised, that the legal profession is not as good as it could be in looking after its own. While we may advise others as to their rights, legal remedies and the protections to which they are entitled, we as lawyers, and particularly employment
