Lizzie Barmes

Lizzie Barmes is Professor of Labour Law at Queen Mary University of London. Her main research interests are in the legal regulation of bullying and harassment at work, contracts of employment, positive action to promote equality and judicial diversity, as well as the empirical investigation of legal phenomena. Prior to becoming an academic, Lizzie spent four years as a government lawyer in the common law team of the Law Commission of England and Wales and six years in private practice as an...See more

Lizzie Barmes is Professor of Labour Law at Queen Mary University of London. Her main research interests are in the legal regulation of bullying and harassment at work, contracts of employment, positive action to promote equality and judicial diversity, as well as the empirical investigation of legal phenomena. Prior to becoming an academic, Lizzie spent four years as a government lawyer in the common law team of the Law Commission of England and Wales and six years in private practice as an employment, equality, and personal injury litigator. See less