Daniel Hobbs

Dan specialises in employment law, personal injury law, coroner’s inquests and police law.

Dan practices in Employment Law and Professional Discipline. He is involved in complex, high profile cases often attracting media attention and represents both private and public sector clients. He also conducts serious injury cases. Dan is presently instructed in numerous employment tribunal and employment appeal tribunal cases representing large private and public sector employers in complex discrimination and whistleblowing claims.

In 2021/2022, Dan was instructed by South Yorkshire Police and the Metropolitan Police to present disciplinary cases against officers arising out of the Rotherham Child Sexual Exploitation scandal and the Undercover Policing Inquiry. He appeared as junior counsel in two linked Judicial Review cases concerning the appropriateness of retaining police officers found guilty of criminal offences. Dan is co-author of the Employment Tribunals Handbook (6th Edition) published by Bloomsbury Professional. He was a featured ‘Mover and Shaker’ in the New Law Journal in July 2021.