Discrimination Law Specialist Joins Darwin Gray
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Issued on behalf of Darwin Gray
Employment lawyer Eleanor Williams MA (Oxon) LLM, who specialises in discrimination, has joined Cardiff-based law firm Darwin Gray.
Eleanor, who is disabled, has a particular interest in disability discrimination and as well as advising and representing clients she is a guest lecturer at the University of Wales, Sheffield Hallam University and Ecole de Hautes Etudes Commerciales in Lille.
“I see the role of the employment lawyer as one of preventing employment problems as well as litigating,” said Eleanor, who comes from Newport and attended Duffryn Comprehensive School.
“I’m also pleased that the remit of Darwin Gray extends to my home town and I hope to have the opportunity to help out with work-place issues there.”
She is Equal Opportunities Officer for the Cardiff Law Society and for the Confederation of South Wales Law Societies, a director of the Discrimination Lawyers’ Association and the Royal Association of Disability and Rehabilitation and is an editor of emplaw.co.uk. For four years she was the employment lawyer for Remploy, the company that creates independence for disabled people through work.
She also trains lawyers on anti-discrimination legislation through Altior Training Consultancy and trains employers and HR professionals in strategies to prevent the occurrence of employment law difficulties through Darwin Gray
To obtain an up to date list of the courses that Eleanor and Darwin Gray are running, or to discuss your own training needs, please contact her on ewilliams@darwingray.com or telephone her on 029 2082 9118.
