The appointment, following an open competition by the Judicial Appointments Commission, will be for a single fixed four-year term.
Professor Michael Ford said, ‘I’m delighted to have been appointed a Deputy High Court judge and I am looking forward to hearing cases in new areas of law. I hope, too, it will provide useful insights for my research and teaching in the Law School.’
In July of this year, Michael appeared in the court of Appeal acting for the British Airline Pilots Association, BALPA, in an important strike case. The Court of Appeal judges dismissed British Airways’ appeal, in which it sought an injunction to prevent industrial action by the pilots.
In 2017, he acted for the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s panel of specialist counsel in the UNISON case where the Supreme Court held that employment tribunal fees were unlawful.