Staff Profiles
Azra Choudry
Solicitor
Specialist in Employment Law.
Azra Choudry joined the firm as an Employment Solicitor in July 2009, having previously trained and worked in a North East Law Firm where she specialised in employment law.
Azra represents clients on all aspects of employment law such as unfair dismissal, redundancy, unlawful deduction of wages, all forms of discrimination; sex, race disability, age, religion, sexual orientation, whistleblowing, maternity rights and paternity rights and flexible working.
Azra takes a pragmatic approach when advising clients on internal disciplinary and grievances matters, concerning issues of conduct, capability, discrimination and harassment.
Azra has successfully represented many clients, including one the first successful claims in the UK of religious discrimination and continues to have a special interest in discrimination law from her past experience as a Legal Officer for the Commission for Racial Equality (now the Commission for Equality and Human Rights).
Azra is a member of the ELA, the Law Society and the Newcastle Employment Tribunal Users Group.
Catherine McNulty
Solicitor
Specialist in Employment Law, Litigation, Debt Recovery and Insolvency.
Catherine joined Short Richardson and Forth LLP in May 2008 as a Paralegal within the Employment and Litigation departments. She began her Training Contract in November 2008 and has since gained further experience in the Litigation department and the Employment department.
Originally from the North East, Catherine returned to the region after completing her studies at Nottingham Law School. She is currently the small firm's representative on the Newcastle and North east Junior Lawyers' Division 2009-2010 committee.
Outside of law Catherine's interests include contemporary dance, running, rock climbing, snowboarding and singing.
Eleanor Wild
Solicitor
Specialist in Employment Law and Corporate & Commercial.
Eleanor joined Short Richardson & Forth LLP in September 2009 as a Solicitor in the firm’s Employment Department.
Eleanor has experience of dealing with both contentious and non-contentious employment matters and acts for a wide range of clients. Eleanor advises on such issues as unfair dismissal, discrimination and contractual disputes and also has experience of handling the employment aspects of business transfers.
Eleanor provides bespoke training sessions for clients in various areas of employment law and contributes articles on current employment law issues to the firm’s newsletters as well as other legal publications.
Eleanor also acts in a support role to the Corporate and Commercial team.
Eleanor is a committee member of the Newcastle and North East Junior Lawyers’ Division and currently acts as JLD Local Law Society Liaison Officer.