It is the policy of Three Raymond Buildings:
- to ensure that its tenants, pupils and staff will not discriminate directly or indirectly against, bully or victimise anyone on the grounds of their race, colour, ethnic or national origin, nationality, citizenship, sex (including gender re-assignment), sexual orientation, marital status, age, disability, religion or political persuasion;
- to provide a safe and socially responsible working environment;
- to promote equal opportunities for people wishing to join our organisation
This statement applies to:
- the recruitment processes through which tenants, pupils and staff are selected;
- the conduct and treatment of all tenants, pupils and staff during their tenure in Chambers, including training and career development, and
- the treatment of professional and lay clients.
The responsibility for delivering effective policies and procedures, promoting best practice in Chambers and developing public engagement lies with our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee which comprises six silks, six juniors, and five members of staff. Three Equality & Diversity Officers have been appointed from within the Committee with responsibility for policy review and implementation, diversity awareness training, advice to Tenants, Pupils and Staff on diversity issues, monitoring and compliance.
The responsibility for delivering effective policies and procedures, promoting best practice in Chambers and developing public engagement lies with our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee which comprises six silks, six juniors, and five members of staff.
Within this committee, four members of chambers and two members of staff form our Harassment and Bullying Review Group, with responsibility for maintaining our harassment and bullying and related policies and promoting awareness within chambers and in the wider domain.
The EDI Section of our Chambers Manual contains a number of documents, the main ones being:
Equality and Diversity Policy
Harassment and Bullying Policy plus associated CHAMPS Flyer, CHAMPS Guidance and Welfare Resources List
Three Equality & Diversity Officers have been appointed from within the Committee with responsibility for policy review and implementation, diversity awareness training, advice to Tenants, Pupils and Staff on diversity issues, monitoring and compliance.
Our EDOs are Hugh Davies OBE KC, Ruby Shrimpton (Deputy) and Alison Marshall.
