‘The Supreme Court has delivered its decision in the landmark case of Gilham v Ministry of Justice. In conferring the right to pursue whistleblowing complaints on judges – and for that matter all office-holders – it has opened a new frontier for the role of the European Convention of Human Rights in employment disputes.’
Cloisters, 16th October 2019
Source: www.cloisters.com
‘Women face sexual harassment and bullying at the British Medical Association, a scathing report has found.’
The Independent, 17th October 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The issue in the appeal was whether a District Judge qualifies as a ‘worker’ or a ‘person in Crown employment’ for the purpose of the protection given to whistle-blowers under Part IVA of the Employment Rights Act 1996. If not, was this discrimination against her in the enjoyment of her right to freedom of expression, protected by article 14 taken together with article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights?’
UKSC Blog, 16th October 2019
Source: ukscblog.com
‘A judge, who says she was bullied and had a breakdown after speaking out about government cuts, has won a landmark appeal at the Supreme Court.’
BBC News, 16th October 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘One in four young women are scared they will be sacked if they report sexual harassment at work, a study has found. Carried out by the Young Women’s Trust and released on the second anniversary of the #metoo movement, the research found that just 6 per cent of young women who had been sexually harassed at work reported the misconduct.’
The Independent, 15th October 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘An army sergeant was demoted and detained for six months after punching and twisting the nipples of “raw recruits” to toughen them up, a tribunal has heard.’
Daily Telegraph, 10th October 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Britain’s most senior female barrister has revealed that she kept quiet about sexual harassment for fear of ending career. Amanda Pinto QC, Chair-Elect of the Bar Council of England and Wales, said that she even suffered a sexual assault at the hands of a QC when she was a pupil in the 1980s but did not tell anyone for more than three decades.’
Daily Telegraph, 3rd October 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Barristers feel they cannot talk about workplace harassment and bullying because such discussions could trigger self-reporting obligations, the Association of Women Barristers (AWB) has said.’
Law Society's Gazette, 2nd October 2019
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Inappropriate behaviour by male barristers in robing rooms and at Bar messes “still abounds”, the Association of Women Barristers (AWB) has said.’
Legal Futures, 1st October 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Bar Council has turned to artificial intelligence to help barristers report bullying and harassment quickly and anonymously.’
Law Society's Gazette, 9th September 2019
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘In workplaces bullying is more commonly purely psychological and rarely reaches levels of criminality. In such cases, non-discriminatory bullying could nonetheless find a workplace stress claim in the civil courts.’
Hardwicke Chambers, 28th August 2019
Source: hardwicke.co.uk
‘Young Chelsea players were targeted for years by a “prolific and manipulative sexual abuser” who was able to operate “unchallenged”, says a damning report.’
BBC News, 6th August 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A “disproportionate” number of female and ethnic minority personnel in the armed forces file internal complaints, MPs have said.’
BBC News, 7th August 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Servicemen and women are facing “unacceptable” levels of inappropriate behaviour in part due to the “pack mentality of white middle-aged men” commanding the armed forces, a report says. A “significant number” of military personnel have experienced “bullying, discrimination and harassment, including sexual”, according to the research commissioned by the Ministry of Defence (MoD).’
The Independent, 16th July 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Only 33% of new partners at Europe’s biggest law firms are women with bias from both male colleagues and male clients the main reason for gender imbalance, a report has found.’
Legal Futures, 25th June 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘More than 100 Army instructors have been court-martialled or disciplined in the last four years for offences including abusing recruits, it has been reported.’
Daily Telegraph, 22nd June 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A bisexual prison officer is unlikely to ever work again because the harassment and discrimination he suffered at work has permanently damaged his health, an employment tribunal has found.’
The Guardian, 19th June 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The government has denied covering up research that found a treatment programme for sex offenders in England and Wales increased reoffending. Kathryn Hopkins’s study was given to officials in 2012, but the flagship scheme was only scrapped in 2017. She has told an employment tribunal that she was “bullied” by the Ministry of Justice after producing the report.’
BBC News, 18th June 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Health watchdogs had no concerns on multiple visits to a private hospital at the centre of a police investigation into the abuse of patients in the months after it had been inspected, The Independent has learnt.’
The Independent, 23rd May 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A High Court judge “seriously transgressed” the core principle that he remain neutral during the evidence and used bullying language against a litigant in person, the Court of Appeal has ruled.’
Litigation Futures, 20th May 2019
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
