‘The bar is reporting a fresh surge of concern about bullying, harassment and discrimination – with most of the reports identifying members of the judiciary as culprits.’
Law Society's Gazette, 8th December 2023
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The historic body has put in place an interim action plan to address the issue, including diversity and inclusion training and an anonymised reporting mechanism.’
Legal Futures, 7th December 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The head of parliament’s complaints watchdog has said she “does not know” if the Palace of Westminster is a safe workplace for women.’
The Guardian, 20th November 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Sixty senior women at the UK’s Ministry of Defence have described a “hostile” and “toxic” culture at the department in a letter that alleges sexual assault, harassment and abuse by male colleagues.’
The Guardian, 16th November 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The new social media guidance from the Bar Standards Board (BSB) “will do little to protect women’s voices an increasingly digitised world”, two leading female barristers have argued.’
Legal Futures, 14th November 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A firearms officer awarded £30,000 after she was stripped down to her underwear during a training exercise said she felt “vindicated” by the decision.’
BBC News, 8th November 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A women’s rights barrister has hit out at the regulatory body for not taking action against colleagues who verbally abused her in foul-mouthed rants on Twitter.’
The Independent, 26th October 2023
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Victims of sexual harassment in film and TV experience the “worst of both worlds” because they are encouraged to speak out but face a backlash for doing so, a study has found.’
The Guardian, 23rd October 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has welcomed an increase in reports of bullying and harassment in the profession, saying the rise indicates growing confidence in how it deals with them.’
Legal Futures, 9th October 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Plans by the UK’s two financial regulators to consider non-financial misconduct such as sexual harassment as grounds for regulatory action could pose difficult questions for firms, an expert has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 28th September 2023
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘The number of “pile-ons” on legal Twitter is “getting out of hand”, the chairman of the Bar Council has argued.’
Legal Futures, 10th August 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Britain’s equality watchdog has restarted an investigation into complaints of bullying and harassment made against its chair, Kishwer Falkner.’
The Guardian, 18th July 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) has been accused of failing to tackle violent bullying, after a row about rescuing people crossing the Channel in small boats ended in a volunteer being beaten unconscious by a crewmate who remained in charge of a lifeboat, despite the assault being witnessed by a regional manager.’
The Guardian, 16th July 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The chair of the Bar Council has spoken out in support of a feminist barrister who said yesterday that she has complained about abuse from more than 50 “mainly White male” barristers.’
Legal Futures, 6th July 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Protections for NHS staff to speak out about wrongdoing may be insufficient to prevent another big scandal like that at the Mid Staffordshire hospital trust, an expert has told BBC News.’
BBC News, 3rd July 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Richard Fox, Jessica Clay and Lucinda Soon discuss what constitutes workplace bullying in light of the recent high-profile case against former justice secretary Dominic Raab.’
Kingsley Napley, 19th May 2023
Source: www.kingsleynapley.co.uk
‘A former NHS chief executive is suing her employer, saying she was “bullied, harassed, intimidated and undermined” by the hospital trust’s chairman.’
BBC News, 12th May 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Four years on from submitting a complaint alleging she had been raped while in the armed forces, “Jane” is still awaiting a decision and says it was used as a “weapon” against her.
She told the BBC that colleagues knew things about the confidential process “they should never have known”. Her concerns are not unique, according to a report by the ombudsman for armed forces complaints.’
BBC News, 4th May 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Employers have been crying out for years for clarity as to what exactly is meant by “bullying” in the modern workplace. What counts as reasonable and constructive criticism on the one hand, and intimidating or insulting behaviour on the other? The Raab case has brought this to a head. Indeed, there seems to have been more debate about this important question since publication of the Tolley report, than almost anything else to do with the case. And there is, in fact, a solution.’
Kingsley Napley, 25th April 2023
Source: www.kingsleynapley.co.uk
‘New research shows that one in four women going through fertility treatment say they were subjected to unfair treatment in the workplace.’
The Independent, 24th April 2023
Source: www.independent.co.uk
