Working Together Influences Change

The value of teamwork in the legal sector is not confined to mainstream client service and young lawyer training. Black History Month 2021 has prompted us to reflect on what we have been working on together to increase equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI), not only within Gatehouse Chambers but also the Bar and the law generally.

One of our biggest achievements has been, in the space of one year, agreeing to change chambers' name from Hardwicke to Gatehouse Chambers and then implementing that change. Not only has our collective stand very publicly underlined the values by which we operate (now enshrined in our Gatehouse Chambers Charter), but it has also raised public awareness of the need for organisations to take a value-based approach to their operation; the need for deeds as well as words.