Michael Delaney specialises in employment law and associated commercial disputes.  He has been listed in Chambers UK guide and the Legal 500 for a number of years and mentioned for his work on TUPE, executive severance, enforcement of restrictive covenants and all types of contentious employment tribunal and High Court litigation.  He is noted in the edition of Chambers for 2011 as being “thorough and robust” as well as “adopting a practical approach” and again has received recognition in the 2012 edition.

Michael has given a series of seminars to City based clients on the impact of the abolition of the default retirement age on employee terms and benefits.  He has also during the past 12 months regularly lectured to businesses at the University of Hertfordshire, and the CIPD at Middlesex University, as well as spoken at a variety of conferences and seminars on the impact of the Agency Workers Regulations 2010. A number of articles on this topic have been published on the subject in various retail magazines including Bar Magazine, Eat Out and Workplace Law.  You can follow topical issues by looking at his blog.

Michael advises employer clients from a number of sectors including the pharmaceutical, property, care sector and professional sports clubs.  He regularly appears before the employment tribunal dealing with a range of disputes involving unfair dismissal, all aspects of discrimination and whistleblowing.

Michael also sits as a director on the Board of the Watford Chamber of Commerce, and is a committee member of the Law Professional Advisory Committee at the University of Hertfordshire.  He was previously the Chair of the Lawnet Employment Committee.

Michael has devised an employer helpline subscription based product offering unlimited services to business.  For further information contact him on 01923 208817 or email him at michael.delaney@mablaw.com.