Profile

APPOINTMENTS

Junior Counsel to the Crown (Regional Panel), appointed 2010
Approved List of Counsel for EHRC, 2010
Fee-paid Judge of the First Tier Tribunal (Social Entitlement Chamber)

SPECIALIST AREAS OF PRACTICE

Specialises in the fields of:

• Employment - including discrimination law, collective labour law, EU employment rights and pensons matters;
• Public Law - Inquests, Health & Safety and Judicial Reviews;
• Commercial - especially director's duties, insolvency and regulatory matters;
• ADR - Mediation and Arbitration.

PROFILE

Dr Stephen Hardy was for 13 years a law academic, researching into the European, commercial and employment law. As a result he is a respected scholar and author of numerous books and articles in the fields of employment/discrimination and European law.

Following his highly successful academic career, he now comes to the Bar to utilise his vast knowledge base and further his considerable Tribunal experience, especially in terms of dealing with trade union litigation. He has also acted as an independent arbitrator, especially in relation to footballers' pay disputes.

Formerly he has worked at the EU Commission and the European Parliament, as well as special advisor to the UK Government.

PUBLICATIONS

Since 2006, he has been the General Editor of Sweet and Maxwell's Encyclopaedia of Employment Law, as well as Co-Editor of Doing Business in Europe (Thomson). He is a contributing (UK) Editor to Kluwer's International Encyclopedia on Labour Law (GB section). He is also the author of: Pensions and Employment Law, TUPE: Guide to the 2006 Regulations (2nd Ed), Employment Law (3rd Ed) and Employment Laws in Europe (2nd Ed).

NOTABLE CASES

Greenwood v. NWF Ltd [2011], EAT - clarity on requirements of Tribunal Judgements R3016 ETR 2004

Re M (A Child) v. Oldham MBC [2010], Admin - challenge to care plan under Child Act 1989 (led by Gillian Irving QC)

Bateman v. ASDA Stores Ltd; [2010], EAT - multiparty trade union litigation on variation to terms and conditions (led by John Hendy QC)

RBS v. Allen [2009] EWCA Civ, CA - test case under Part III DDA 1995 on service provision (led by Richard Lissack QC)

Gannon v. Chief Constable of Merseyside [2009] EWHC 2133, Admin - interpretation of the new fast track procedure under the Police Misconduct Regulations 2008.

Remploy Ltd; v. Shaw [2009] ICR 1159, EAT - time limits under. S. 111(2) ERA 1996

Oakland v. Wellswood (Yorkshire) Ltd; [2009] IRLR 250, EAT - Regulation 8(7) TUPE Regulations 2006.

RECREATION

Walking (fells), running (formerly marathons, now only 10k and its more like jogging) and supporting his sons' sporting aspirations.