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29 Jul 2021 14:14
ROYAL MAIL GROUP LTD V EFOBI [2021] UKSC 33David Flood, led by David Reade QC for the Respondent Royal Mail Group Ltd, has provided initial comments on the judgment in the Supreme Court Case of Royal Mail group Ltd v Efobi [2021] UKSC 33. David commented: “In Royal Mail Group Ltd v Efobi the primary issue for the Supreme Court was whether more...
2 Jun 2021 12:01
New anti-bullying initiative for the Bar3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings) is supporting All Rise (The Bar) as sponsors. The project is aimed at standing up and speaking out against bullying, harassment, belittling and discriminatory behaviour against our colleagues at the Bar. You can support the project here. Four participants in the more...
11 May 2021 11:52
Barristers urged to unite behind new initiative tackling abusive behaviour at the BarBarristers are being urged to unite behind a new initiative aimed at tackling abusive behaviour at the Bar. All Rise is a project inviting the Bar to step up and actively create a better culture for all barristers. It aims to encourage barristers across all practice areas and levels of call to be more...
29 Apr 2021 09:41
David Flood in Supreme Court caseDavid Flood has recently appeared in the Supreme Court case of Efobi (Apellant) -v- Royal Mail Group (Respondent). The key issue is, in a claim for discrimination, whether the Claimant bears the burden of proving that discrimination has occurred or whether the burden is neutral under Section 136 of more...
15 Mar 2021 12:43
International Women’s Day 2021: choose to challengeCarly Sandbach In recent years we have charted and celebrated the journey of women in law since the introduction of the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919 just over 100 years ago, which first made it possible for women to qualify as barristers or solicitors. Huge progress has been made in the more...
8 Mar 2021 13:22
International Women's Day Special Feature:
Female entrepreneurship and gender equality in the workplaceThe Rose Review of Female Entrepreneurship reported that women are less likely than men to consider starting their own business and only 1 in 3 UK entrepreneurs is female. An even more sobering report from the British Business Bank found that for every £1 of venture capital investment in the UK, all more...
2 Mar 2021 16:05
Imran Shafi – breaking down barriersThis article was originally posted by Business Live. Exchange Chambers’ new silk, Imran Shafi, has broken down barriers and challenged stereotypes to realise his ambitions. Growing up in Rochdale, Imran’s dad worked as a bus conductor, while his mum was a machinist. He went to his local more...
2 Mar 2021 15:52
High Court: Covid self-employed support scheme does not unlawfully discriminate against womenR (The Motherhood Plan and Anor) v HM Treasury [2021] EWHC 309 (Admin) — read judgment In a judgment handed down on 17 February 2021, the High Court has ruled that the Self Employment Income Support Scheme (“the Scheme”) introduced during the coronavirus pandemic does not indirectly discriminate more...
9 Feb 2021 11:11
Universal Credit childcare payment system indirectly discriminates against womenR (Salvato) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2021] EWHC 102 (Admin) As any working parent will tell you, childcare is expensive. Unlike in some other European countries, there is no universal provision of free or affordable childcare for school age children in the UK. This can create a more...
25 Jan 2021 10:25
How is the criminal justice system stacked against black boys?When I discuss ethnic disproportionality in child prisons – pointing out that over half the children in custody are from BAME communities – people sometimes respond “but that must be because BAME children are accused and convicted of more serious crimes”. Or “but BAME children live in poor more...
18 Jan 2021 12:27
A Practical guide to religion and belief discrimination claims in the workplaceKashif Ali has written a book which explores the requirements and challenges of bringing workplace discrimination claims on grounds of religion and belief under the Equality Act 2010. Kashif is an Employment law specialist and fully trained mediator with over 15 years’ experience. He regularly acts more...
12 Jan 2021 15:14
Sunyana Sharma extols the benefits of secondments for barristers in Counsel magazineIn July 2013, barrister Sunyana SharmaSunyana SharmaCall: 2006 started a whole new area of regulatory and disciplinary law when she took up a secondment as a Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) case presenter. For six months, she presented NMC cases up and down the country. The birth of her daughter more...
6 Mar 2020 13:39
SAMIRA AHMED WINS EQUAL PAY CLAIM AGAINST THE BBCEqual work An employment tribunal held that the work done by Jeremy Vine on Points of View and Samira Ahmed on Newswatch was equal work. The tribunal held that the work of Samira Ahmed and Jeremy Vine when presenting their respective programmes was ‘like work’ i.e. work that is the same or broadly more...
5 Dec 2019 11:55
Perspective: being a Muslim woman at the BarAs the Bar Council marks 100 years since the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919, which first allowed women to practise as lawyers, Nabila Mallick of No5 Barrister’s Chambers, speaks about her experience as a Muslim woman at the Bar. When I was at Bar school I was one of four Muslim state school more...
22 Oct 2019 09:25
Menopause and the Equality ActOn World Menopause Day, employment and discrimination specialist Tom Wood has written an article advising employers to consider their approach to the topic, in order not to fall foul of anti-discrimination legislation. Click through to read the article. more...
8 Oct 2019 10:08
3PB's Employment and Discrimination Newsletter - October 2019Lachlan Wilson and Mathew Gullick edit 3PB's latest Employment & Discrimination newsletter, including contributions from Sarah Clarke. Case summaries cover: L v Q Ltd, [2019] EWCA Civ 1417 - The Court of Appeal affirms the importance of the principle of open justice in the context of Employment more...
2 Oct 2019 11:42
Religious expression and social media: the need for careful exercise of judgmentIn a democratic society people with deeply-held religious views should be free to express them. The professions which serve the public should do so without improper discrimination. Must these principles come into conflict when a member of a profession with strong personal beliefs publishes remarks more...
24 Sep 2019 09:05
Judgment issued in MOD race discrimination claim - 3PB’s Simon Tibbitts acted on behalf of the MODTwo former paratroopers brought claims of victimisation, direct race discrimination and harassment against the MOD. 3PB’s employment barrister Simon Tibbitts represented the MOD throughout. The victimisation claims were all struck out at a preliminary hearing in April 2019 with the direct race more...
4 Sep 2019 09:46
Non-discriminatory bullying in the workplace: does the law go far enough?ACAS sums up the position concisely in its guide to harassment and bullying in the workplace: “[Bullying is] offensive, intimidating, malicious or insulting behaviour, an abuse or misuse of power through means that undermine, humiliate, denigrate or injure the recipient.” “The impact on the more...
5 Aug 2019 11:07
3PB's Employment and Discrimination Newsletter - August 2019Joseph England edits 3PB's latest Employment & Discrimination newsletter, including contributions from Karen Moss, Daniel Brown, Grace Nicholls and Naomi Webber. Click here to read our News, Case Law Updates and book to attend one of our events. more...
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