About
Barry Fitzpatrick Consulting is an equality law consultancy.
Barry Fitzpatrick Consulting provides services in both general and specialist advice, legal policy, training, dispute resolution and legal and socio-legal research.
It offers:-
- comprehensive knowledge and experience of all equality grounds
- combination of legal policy and practical expertise
- 30 years' experience of lecturing, training and conference presentations
- 25 years' experience of legal research including empirical projects, particularly on EU equality law
- 12 years' experience of dispute resolution both in the Industrial Tribunals and the Industrial Court for NI
Barry Fitzpatrick was a Professor of Law at the University of Ulster between 1995-2002, during which time he was Jean Monnet Professor of European Law (1997-2002) and Head of the Law School (2001-02). He was a law lecturer in universities and polytechnics in England from 1979-1995.
He was Head of Legal Policy & Advice at the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland from 2002-05.
In 2008-09, he worked for Citizens Advice (England & Wales) as Developing Discrimination Advice Co-ordinator. Since May 2009, he has been Deputy Director of the Northern Ireland Council for Ethnic Minorities (NICEM)(www.nicem.org.uk)
He was a part-time Chairman of Industrial Tribunals in Northern Ireland from 1998-2002, Deputy Chairman of the Industrial Court for Northern Ireland from 2000 and was been Acting Chairman from March 2006-October 2008.