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Work Department
Employment, education, dispute resolution.
Position
Michael is the head of the employment law team and has been with Cleaver Fulton Rankin for five years having qualified as a solicitor in 1993. Michael has considerable experience in employment law and HR advisory work and is also involved in education and dispute resolution. Michael is a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development by examination. Michael acts for a number of public, private and third sector organisations including Invest NI, Northern Ireland Science Park, Agri-Food & Bio Sciences Institute, General Teaching Council, Titanic Quarter Limited, Lisburn City Council, North Western Regional College, South Eastern Regional College and the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.
Career
Trained O’Reilly Stewart Solicitors; qualified 1993; partner in present firm 2008. Currently director at Cleaver Fulton Rankin. Michael has published a plethora of articles on a variety of legal issues in local and national press and business magazines including, The Belfast Telegraph, The Lawyer and is also a contributor to ‘International Employment Law’, published by CILS annually.
Member
Law Society of Northern Ireland; Law Society of England and Wales; Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development; Belfast Solicitors Association; Employment Lawyers Group; Employment Lawyers Association; Education Lawyers Group.
Education
Queen’s University Belfast (1991 Law Degree (2.1); Queen’s University Belfast (1993 Certificate in Professional Legal Studies); University of Ulster (1995, Masters in Business Administration); Queen’s University Belfast (2000 Diploma in Personnel Management (CIPD qualification)).
Northern Ireland: Human resources
Employment
Within: Employment
Cleaver Fulton Rankin’s ‘excellent’ practice attracts praise for its ‘expert knowledge of the area’. The client base includes private and public sector entities such as leading supermarket chains, educational bodies, county councils and third-sector entities. Recent work for the team includes advising on structuring issues, discrimination claims and disciplinary proceedings. Clients include the Co-Op Group, National Museums of Northern Ireland, Titanic Belfast, and the Council for the Curriculum, Examinations & Assessment. The ‘very thorough’ Michael Black leads the team, which includes the ‘excellent’ Aisling Byrne, who was promoted to associate director in 2017; both attract praise for their ‘practicality, sound knowledge, confidence and levelheadedness’.