![]() | Tess Gill is a leading barrister. She specialises in employment particularly discrimination, industrial law, and human rights. She has appeared in many leading cases both in the UK courts and before the ECJ. She regularly advises the Statutory Equality Commissions and major trade unions. |
She was the legal member of the Equal Pay Taskforce which reported in 2001 and recently assisted the Women and Work Commission on the legal aspects of their report. She was formerly an Assistant Secretary of the National Union of Civil and Public Servants and the Legal Officer of the GMB. Since 1995 she has been a part-time Employment Tribunal Chairman.
She is also a trained Mediator. She has held posts in a wide number of voluntary organisations concerned with issues of diversity and social justice, and tackling poverty and disadvantage.
Direct Pecuniary Interests
Part time employment tribunal chairman
Indirect Pecuniary Interests
None
Non-Pecuniary Interests
Member of discrimination law association
Member of Labour Party