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Michael Ford KC KC
Work Department
Employment, personal injury.
Position
Main areas of practice are employment law (including equal pay, working time, pensions, industrial action, and trade union law), public law, human rights. Many appearances in ECJ, European Court of Human Rights, Supreme Court, House of Lords, public inquiries. Recent cases include: R (UNISON) v Lord Chancellor, SC (tribunal fees); Lock v British Gas, ECJ, CA (holiday pay); Griffiths v DWP, CA (disability discrimination); ISS v Mediclean (strike injunction); Bear Scotland v Fulton, EAT (working time); Chandhok v Tirkey, EAT (caste discrimination); RMT v United Kingdom, ECtHR (right to strike); British Airways v. Williams, SC, ECJ. On Equality and Human Rights Commission ‘A’ Panel of Counsel; advisor to BEIS inquiry into workers’ rights.
Career
University of Bristol, LLB 1st Class; BSC (Hons) 1st class. Solicitor, Slaughter and May (1987-89). Lecturer University of Manchester (1990-92), Birkbeck College (1996-98). Called to Bar 1992. Fee-paid Employment Judge 2003. Employment Junior of Year 2012. QC 2013. Professor of Law University of Bristol 2015. Employment Silk of Year 2015.
Publications:
Redgrave’s Health and Safety and many others in e.g. Industrial Law Journal.
Languages
French (fluent), Spanish (good)
Memberships
ILS, Institute for Employment Rights, ELA, ELBA
Education
Gravesend Grammar School; University of Bristol (LLB Hons 1st class); University of Sheffield (MA distinction); Law Society Finals (1st class).
Leisure
Former member of Great Britain road cycling squad.
Lawyer Rankings
Regional Bar > Western Circuit > Employment
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Michael Ford KC – Old Square Chambers ‘Michael has an encyclopedic knowledge of employment law, able to track the historical development of a particular legal concept, and explain it in simple terms.’
London Bar > Employment
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Michael Ford KC – Old Square Chambers ‘A master of labour law. His intelligence is off the charts and he always thinks ten steps ahead. Watching him cross examine on his feet in court is magical – he has the judges dancing to his tune and responds eloquently to very challenging questions.’