Eady was
called to the bar at
Inner Temple and practised employment law after completing her
pupillage at Old Square Chambers in 1990, remaining there until 2013. She served as a
recorder from 2003 to 2013,
took silk in 2006, and became a
senior circuit judge in 2013. She was chair of the
Employment Tribunals and a part-time employment judge from 2001 until 2008, a member of the
Acas Council from 2008 to 2014, and a
trustee of the
Free Representation Unit from 2006 to 2014. She received the customary
damehood in 2019. == Personal life ==