Staff Profiles
Michael Short
Consultant
Specialist in Employment Law.
Michael founded the firm in 1978 together with David Richardson and David Forth. He established and developed the firm's employment law department at a time when other firms often regarded employment as merely an adjunct to litigation or company commercial work.
Michael is the Secretary of the Newcastle Employment Tribunal Users Group. Michael was senior partner until May 2005 when he became a consultant to the firm working four days a week but continues to play an active role in the firm's development. His expertise in employment matters has long been acknowledged by the legal profession, and in the 2006 edition of "Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession" he was awarded the accolade of "senior statesman" in its rankings.
Michael acts for clients all over the country and lectures widely on employment issues.
Michael is a past President of the Newcastle Law Society, the immediate past Chairman of the Law Society's Employment Law Committee, a Governor of Northumbria University, and a Director of the Peoples Theatre Arts Trust Limited