 She was previously senior partner of Simmons & Simmons, an
international law firm, as well as Chair of the Employment Tribunal System Taskforce and a member of the Employment Tribunals Service Steering Board.She has chaired the Law Society's Committee on Employment Law and the Employment Law Sub-Committee of the City of London Solicitors Company.She was the Founder Chairman and is now Life Vice-President of the 
UK Employment Lawyers' Association.