I wouldn't ask BALPA for employment law advice if they were the last firm on Earth. BALPA are a business and the firm of solicitors they employ to sort their member's legal matters out out aren't even second rate. BALPA save an awful lot of money by not using a quality law firm in the Legal 500. I won't go into detail about how terrible my experience was with BALPA's so called legal support but if you want an important employment law matter sorting out, then I suggest you forget BALPA and fork out for yourself. BALPA wouldn't back my cause so I pursued it myself. I asked BALPA to help with legal fees and they wouldn't. I won my case and won a massive amount in damages and still BALPA wouldn't help me with my legal fees. I used a firm in the top ten Legal 500 and it was extremely good in Employment law matters. Not cheap, but hey, you get what you pay for right? (Or not as in the case with BALPA where 12 years of membership was worth zip!)