Work-related legal support
Our expert in-house team are here to support you with legal problems related to your work in your Equity profession, including pay, contracts and discrimination. Contact us through our online form and the relevant team will get back to you within five days. You can also call us on 020 7379 6000.
For legal support and advice in work outside of your Equity profession, we recommend contacting the relevant trades union.
Agent related legal support
Our in-house team can advise and support you with issues related to agents, including employment or contracts. Contact us on agents@equity.org.uk or look at our online contracts advice.
Non work-related legal support
All Equity members have access to our legal advice line for 30 minutes of free advice on personal legal matters. This covers queries in relation to:
- Personal injury
- Road traffic accidents
- Medical negligence
- Wills
- Probate services
- Matrimonial, family and childcare
- Conveyancing and property services
- Family matters
- Defamation and criminal matters
Call 0800 808 5 510 or e-mail legalenquiries@pattinsonbrewer.co.uk.
You will be contacted the same or next working day by a member of our team who will provide appropriate advice.
Pattinson & Brewer provide these services directly or through partner firms in England and Wales. For queries relating to the different legal jurisdictions of Scotland and Northern Ireland, Pattinson & Brewer will refer to a local partner firm based in those nations. Irrespective of where you live, please use the above email or telephone line to access free legal services.
Insurance
As an Equity member, you’re covered by:
- Public Liability insurance providing up to £10 million of legal liability claims.
- Personal Accident insurance providing cover for accidents not only in the workplace but also whilst commuting, auditioning, practicing, rehearsing and training.
- Backstage personal property insurance providing cover not just at work but in all professional activity relating to performing work.
Find out more about your insurance and how to make a claim.
Note that we are unlikely to be able to assist with events that happened before an individual became a member.
