Lincoln Crawford OBE

Barrister Profile

Public Access
Lincoln is qualified to undertake Public Access work. This scheme permits members of the public to instruct directly, a barrister trained to do such work. Lincoln is also Vice Chairman of the Access to the Bar Committee.

Advocacy
LincoIn is a trained advocacy teacher and delivered the first advocacy training course in South Africa under the leadership of the late Michael Hill QC. He, together with a team of trainers also delivered the first advocacy training course to the Trinidad and Tobago Bar Association. 

Employment
Lincoln practices extensively in employment law. Lincoln has been a part-time chairman of employment tribunals for more than 10 years. He has represented the Council for
Legal Education (CLE) before the Commission for Racial Equality in cases involving
allegation of race discrimination by students undergoing legal training. He also acted for
Police Officers against the Metropolitan Police involving cases ofrace discrimination. He
appeared in the Court of Appeal in the case of Anyanwu v (1) South Bank University
Student Union (2) South Bank University which concerned the dismissal of a student
from his post with the student union and his subsequent expulsion and ban from the
University campus. He recently represented Fund Managers in a multi million pound claim by an employee following his dismissal from the company. 

Race Relations
Lincoln is a former chairman of the Bar Race Relations Committee and was for many
years a Commissioner with the Commission for Racial Equality. He currently advises the
government on a range of matters concerning issues of race. 

Education
Lincoln's work in this area includes considerable experience of representing university
students and teachers before the Independent Adjudicator (formerly the Visitor), at
university; he appeared in Penrose v University ofSalford which concerned a refusal by
the university to allow the student to progress to the year above. He also appeared before
the Academic Board in Crawford v University ofManchester, which concerned a
successful challenge by a student relating to the class of degree he, was awarded. In the
High Court he appeared in Hinds v London University, dismissal of a professor and in the
employment tribunal and employment appeal tribunal for lecturers who felt that they had
been discriminated against on grounds oftheir race. 

In addition to his practice, Lincoln was a member of the former Inner London Education
Authority. Before, being elected he chaired the Authority Teacher's Disciplinary Panel.
For a number of years he was chairman of the Learning and Skills Council, Appeals
Panel, for student with learning difficulties. 

Mediation
Lincoln is a trained mediator with The Oxford Centre for Higher Education Policy
Studies (OxCHEPS). 

Sports
During his time as a member ofthe British Boxing Board of Control, Lincoln presented
cases on behalf of the Board, concerning breach of disciplinary rules and "Doping cases".
In football he advised a Premiership footballer, with dual nationality, as to his eligibility to
represent the national team of one of the countries whose nationality he held. In cricket,
he advised in the production of the cricketing programme Cricketing Legends. He also
appeared for Clive Lloyd the former West Indies cricket captain, in the High Court in a libel
claim against News (UK) Limited; also in the High Court he appeared in Hamilton v
Lawless, which concerned a breach of contract.  He was the UK legal representative for the World Boxing Council.  Lincoln is also a former chairman ofthe Prince's Trust Sports Committee. 

Arbitration
Lincoln is an approved assessor for the Sports Dispute Resolution Panel (SDRP).

Public Law and Disciplinary Work
Lincoln has appeared in numerous cases for local authorities concerning public law
challenges relating to housing and benefit payments. He is particularly interested pubic
law challenges in the areas of education and health. He acted for P (an employee) v London Borough of Lambeth, in a disciplinary tribunal in a case concerning non-compliance with an important code ofpractice.

Personal Injuries
Lincoln has experience of complex and non-complex personal injury cases.

Clinical and Professional Negligence
Lincoln is experienced in cases involving negligence by doctors and solicitors.
Inquiries, Investigations and Reviews. 

Appointments

Part Time Chairman of Employment Tribunals from 1995 to 2008
Recorder from 1997 to 2008

Inquiries, Investigations and Reviews
Lincoln has a long and extensive history of conducting public and independent inquiries. He has carried out reviews for major intuitions, provided legal advice and interviewed widely for major appointments. His record:

1981 Scarman Inquiry - junior counsel to the Inquiry
1985 Legal adviser to the Inquiry into Freedom of Speech on the North London University campus; 1986 Handsworth disorders (Birmingham) Counsel to the Inquiry
1987 Chairman ofInquiry, looking at women into manual skills
1996 Homicide - Chairman of Inquiry into the care and treatment of mentally ill patient Martin Mursell;
1997 The Crawford Report- an in-depth analysis of the employment, procedures and practices of the London Borough of Hackney
1998 Chairman of an investigation into discrimination against the mentally ill on behalf of MIND;
2000 Review of the employment policies and procedures of the British Council;
2000 Reviewing the employment practices of a NHS hospital in particular the effectiveness of its Equalities Policies;
200I Investigation into the fairness of Barnet Council schools admission policies;
2002 Investigation into the employment practices and risk issues within the Paediatric Consultant team of a Primary Care Trust.
2003 Assisted the Crown Prosecution Service with the national appointment of Crown Prosecutors.
United Kindom
2001Represented the United Kingdom at the World Conference against Racism in Durban, South Africa.
2007 Represented the United Kingdom and spoke on its behalf at the United Nations commemoration of the Abolition of the TransAtlantic Slave Trade.

Qualifications

LL.B (Brunei University)
LL.D Hon (Brunei University)
Member of the Bar of Trinidad and Tobago

Professional Membership

PIBA, ELBA, LCLCBA, ALBA, FLBA

Publications

Articles and Lectures
Lincoln has written a number of articles for Counsel magazine. He also lectured to the
Police Senior Command course at the Bramshill Police College and recently delivered a
lecture on slavery to the LSE.

TV and Radio
Lincoln has participated on numerous programmes on radio, including Radio 4 series
Points of Law and Nick Ross, The Commission.  Recently, he appeared in BBCI "You be the Judge".