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Professor Aileen McColgan
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Aileen is Professor of Human Rights Law at King's College London and the UK National Expert on the European Network of Legal Experts in the Field of Gender Equality.
Her practice covers
public law
, including
election law
;
human rights
;
actions against the police
; all aspects of
employment
and
discrimination
; privacy,
data protection
and freedom of information. She appears regularly in employment tribunals and the Admin Court and has appeared before the Certification Officer and the Security Vetting Appeals Panel. She also undertakes extensive strategic advisory work for clients including (but not limited to) trade unions and the various equality commissions, latterly the EHRC.
Aileen was legal adviser to the Forum on a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland in 2007-8 and a member of the Local Government Pay Commission in 2002-2003. She is Vice president of the Institute for Employment Rights. An internationally acknowledged expert on pay equality and discrimination, Aileen has conducted human rights training for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and (through the FCO) for the Turkish military and lay judiciary. She has also done extensive training on human rights, employment and discrimination training for trade unions, LAG and other bodies, including equality and diversity training for the Bar Council.
Aileen has an active practice which covers public law, including election law; and human rights; all aspects of employment and discrimination; privacy, data protection and freedom of information.