Rebekah Lee

Employment, Equality & Discrimination

Rebekah has undertaken secondments in two firms; one exclusively representing Claimants and the other representing the Respondent. This has given her a wide-ranging insight from both perspectives.

Claimant

During secondment, Rebekah assisted in several discrimination and equality law matters on behalf of the Claimant, including several high-profile cases. Rebekah was also instructed to draft an extensive piece of legal research concerning the rights of those working in the Arts; specifically focused on the legal changes afforded by the Employment Rights Act 2025. Following secondment, Rebekah has continued to receive instructions in these areas and recently advised in an Equality Act case concerning allegations of discrimination within a political party. This has built upon her pro bono representation through Advocate and FRU where she has represented Claimants in cases, including Unfair Dismissal, Employee Status and Unlawful Deduction from Wages.

Respondent/ Defendant 

Rebekah undertook a three-month secondment in-house with a law firm within their Employment Team. During this time, Rebekah regularly appeared in the Employment Tribunal on behalf of the Respondent in a wide range of employment matters including discrimination, unfair dismissal and protected disclosure. She has also provided advice and drafted pleadings on complex legal issues, including maternity pay disputes, discrimination by association and advice on appeal.  Rebekah is particularly interested in the overlap of employment law and personal injury and how an insight into complex loss of earnings claims in employment cases informs a clinical negligence practice.