The cHeRries Awards 2009 Judges

Toni McAlindin

Employment Law Lawyer &

Companion of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development

Antonia McAlindin, CCIPD, BA, LLM is a qualified barrister - specialising in labour law  In addition to being an employment law lawyer, Toni is a Companion of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.  She lectures regularly on employment law issues at  colleges, universities, to local authorities, and professional bodies.

She is past Chair of both the CIPD Scottish Partnership and  the Women's Legal Defence Fund Scotland.  Toni is a former Member of CIPD's national committees on Employment Relations and Equal Opportunities, and a current member of its Employment Relations Panel.  She was a part-time lawyer with the Citizens Advice Bureau and a member of the CBI Employment policy Panel.  She is an Employment Tribunal Member, an Adviser to an NHS Trust and an Associate of the Edinburgh Human Resource Academy at Napier. She was formerly a Board Member of the Employment Research Institute at Napier University, a member of the Employment Forum (large private sector organisations) and an Associate of three consultancies.  She is a member of the Court of Stirling University and for 10 years was a member of the board of a Further Education College.  She was part of Business for Barnardos. Toni is an Associate of The Edinburgh Human Resource Academy, a member of the Advisory Board of Napier Business School.

Toni contributes regularly to magazines and journals, writing regularly for HR Network Magazine, Eden-Scott, Escape and her employment law network.  In 2007 she was awarded the HR Network Scotland National Award for Outstanding Contribution to Scottish HR.

Toni has practical experience of the Health Service,  the Civil Service, the Wellcome Foundation, as well as Scottish & Newcastle plc.  She has clients in the private and public sector covering all sectors across the UK and has worked with organisations to prepare policies on all areas of personnel.  She also has had experience in all aspects of managing performance, attendance, discipline and grievances and in negotiating terms and conditions.