Dan represents individual claimants, institutions and public authorities (and is a member of the Treasury C Panel for whom he does both public and employment work).

Dan’s human rights/public law practice encompasses a wide range of areas including education, community care, regulatory bodies (such as the GMC), and general issues relating to fair trial rights. He has also been involved in claims relating to privacy arising in the context disclosure of allegations of criminal conduct (see X v Chief Constable of West Midlands Police, R v Secretary of State ex p Pearson and NB v Metropolitan Police Commissioner). The X case involved a challenge to the disclosure of unproven allegations of sexual offending to a prospective employer and following the X case Dan has been involved in a number of cases in this area.

Dan’s education practice includes cases in the High Court and special educational needs tribunal and he has represented both parents and LEAs in claims involving schools admissions, expulsions and special educational needs. He has also worked on contractual education matters that arise in discipline and expulsion from independent schools and universities. He recently represented Marlborough College in a claim brought against it by a parent, Mr Gray, seeking to challenge the required removal of his son. 

Dan’s employment practice covers unfair dismissal, equal pay (see, for example, Armstrong v MOD [2004] IRLR 672, EAT), discrimination (see on disability discrimination Harman v MOD, (7 June 2006, EAT)) as well as Trade Union law (see R v Central Arbitration Committee ex p Ultraframe [2005] I.C.R. 1194, CA), disclosure (see ASDA v Thompson [2002] IRLR 245, EAT) and cases involving the enforcement of restrictive covenants, TUPE and territorial jurisdiction of employment law (see Beecham v Technicolour, EAT). He represents both employers and employees and has been involved in various cases both for and against City institutions involving discrimination and unfair dismissal. He has also lectured widely on employment law on topics such as grievance procedures, equal pay, the application of the Human Rights Act and TUPE

Dan is the co-author, with Cherie Booth QC, of “The Negligence Liability of Public Authorities” published in January 2006 by Oxford University Press. He has also written articles on human rights, public law and criminal procedure that have been published in OJLS, EHRLR and LQR. Dan has taught courses on Constitutional Law and Law and Terrorism at King's College London, London School of Economics and the University of Puerto Rico. He has also held fellowships at the Carr Centre of Human Rights in the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University (2003-2004) and the Cegla Centre at Tel Aviv University (2005).

Dan is currently the Chair of the Complaints Panel of the Association of Sign Language Interpreters. He has in the past conducted projects on disappearances for Human Rights Watch and on administrative detention for Amnesty. In 2002-3 Dan worked with the Council of Europe in a programme on the control of special investigatory means (such as interception of telecommunications, undercover operations, etc) in South-Eastern Europe. He assisted in conducting seminars in the various countries and presenting research papers there.

For details of Daniel Squires' case law practice, please see Notable Cases.

For a printable version (.pdf) of Daniel Squires' CV, please download from here.

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