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About
Provided by Michael Ford KC
Practice Areas
Main areas of practice are employment law (including industrial action, working time, equal pay, trade union rights), public law, human rights. About 70 reported cases. Many appearances in Supreme Court, House of Lords, Court of Justice of EU, European Court of Human Rights, CA. Recent cases include: Agnew v Chief Constable of NI, SC (wages claims); Harpur Trust v Brazel, SC (working time); Mercer v Alternative Group, CA (disciplining strikers); Smith v Pimlico, CA (annual leave); British Airways v BALPA, CA (strike injunction); Dudley v Willetts, EAT (holiday pay); Unite v UK, ECtHR (collective bargaining, Article 11); R (UNISON) v Lord Chancellor, SC (successful judicial review of tribunal fees). Formerly on Equality and Human Rights Commission ‘A’ Panel of Counsel; advisor to BEIS Parliamentary Inquiries into workers’ rights and the Taylor Review.
Career
University of Bristol, LLB (Hons) 1st Class; BSC (Hons) 1st class; Law Society Finals, 1st class; MA, 1st class Solicitor, Slaughter and May (1987-89). Called to Bar 1992. Fee-paid Employment Judge 2003. Employment Junior of Year 2012. QC 2013. Employment Silk of Year 2015. Emeritus Professor of Law, University of Bristol. Deputy High Court Judge 2017.
Professional Memberships
ILS, Institute for Employment Rights, ELA, ELBA.
Publications
Redgrave's Health and Safety; many others in e.g. Industrial Law Journal, Law Quarterly Review.
Personal
Serious cyclist (4th in age group aratona delle Dolomiti 2022), former member of Great Britain road cycling squad (e.g. 1st Tour of Surrey. 1st Jock Wadley Memorial). Fluent French; good Spanish.
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