Dee Masters

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About Dee Masters

Dee Masters is a recognised expert in discrimination law.  Her practice primarily consists of multi-week trials involving multiple and complex claims.  Due to her expertise, she regularly advises NGOs and government agencies on the development of discrimination law and she has delivered judicial training on discrimination law at ERA in Trier funded by the European Commission. She has advised the Equality Commission of Northern Ireland (ECNI) and the Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People (NICCY) on its response to proposed legislation extending the existing prohibition on age discrimination.  In August 2015, she was the keynote speaker at a conference attended by politicians and policy makers in Belfast concerning age discrimination.  Dee has also been advising AGE PLATFORM, an NGO, on a proposed European Directive which will extend the prohibition on age discrimination.  She drafted the Technical Guidance accompanying the ban on age discrimination in goods, facilities and services on behalf of the Equality and Human Rights Commission in GB alongside colleagues in chambers.  In 2018, she gave evidence as an expert witness to the Women and Equalities Committee on older people in the workplace.