Eric Metcalfe and Jenn Lawrence appointed to the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s panel of counsel

The Equality and Human Rights Commission has announced its list of preferred Counsel, appointed to support the Commission’s equality and human rights work through strategic public interest litigation in the UK and European courts, including the European Court of Human Rights.

The Commission often intervenes, in both domestic and European courts, in cases of public importance concerning human rights breaches and breaches of the Equality Act 2010.

Eric Metcalfe has been appointed to the A panel and Jenn Lawrence has been appointed to the C panel.

The Commission stated that the appointments were made “following an open and transparent competition”.

For the full list of panel members, see here.