“A doctor who raised concerns about the clinic where Baby P was seen days before his death is suing the NHS, claiming she was forced out of her job.”
BBC News, 20th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A foreign office high-flier appointed as Britain’s deputy ambassador to Kazakhstan has had her posting revoked after officials ruled that her deafness makes it too expensive to send her abroad. Jane Cordell, who was lauded for her work championing disability rights during a previous diplomatic role in Poland, is suing the Foreign Office for discrimination after being told that the additional cost of providing her with trained ‘lip speakers’ to enable her to work can no longer be justified from the public purse.”
The Independent, 14th September 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Companies should have the power to defend themselves against employees’ criminal actions by proving that they took every measure to stamp out illegal practices, the Law Commission has proposed in a radical blueprint for reform.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th August 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Drake and another v Foster Wheeler Ltd [2010] EWHC 2004 (QB); [2010] WLR (D) 232
“Claims for hospice care were rare and were directly analogous to recoverable claims made by claimants from tortfeasor defendants for the recovery of compensation on behalf of relatives who had provided gratuitous care to the claimant in order to alleviate the consequences of tortiously inflicted injuries.”
WLR Daily, 19th August 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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“Solicitors are experiencing a sharp rise in the number of people seeking legal advice as to whether they have a case for unfair dismissal against their employers, despite the latest official figures last week showing a drop in unemployment.”
The Guardian, 18th August 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A dentist did not qualify as an employee or even as a ‘worker’ under employment law because he could have supplied locums to do his work and still fulfil his contract, the Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 16th August 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
Stockton on Tees Borough Council v Aylott [2010] EWCA Civ 910; [2010] WLR (D) 216
“In determining pursuant to section 3A(1) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 whether, for a reason which related to the claimant’s disability, he had been treated less favourably than a person to whom that reason did not apply, the appropriate comparator was someone who had acted in the same way as the claimant but did not suffer from his disability, and not someone to whom the reason for the treatment complained of did not apply.”
WLR Daily, 30th July 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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“Twenty-somethings working for free might be a common fixture in politics, media and fashion, but employers are almost certainly breaking the law when they take on unpaid interns because they should be giving them wages if they work, according to a new report.”
Daily Telegraph, 31st July 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A ban on using Jobcentres to advertise for strippers and lapdancers is expected to be announced this week.”
BBC News, 1st August 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Government will scrap the law allowing organisations to force workers to retire at 65 but companies will find it easier than ever to run their own compulsory retirement schemes in the wake of a Court of Appeal ruling yesterday, an expert has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 29th July 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
“An asylum seeker who made a new application for asylum after his original application for asylum had finally failed, was entitled to the benefits conferred by the European Directive setting minimum standards for the reception of asylum seekers. That included an entitlement to permission to work if the new application had not been determined within one year of its presentation.”
WLR Daily, 28th July 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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“In order for there to be a stable employment relationship it was not necessary for there to be a succession of short term or intermittent contracts.”
WLR Daily, 2nd July 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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“The government is pressing ahead with Labour legislation which could require employers to disclose whether they pay women as much as men.”
BBC News, 2nd July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Five illegal workers have been caught in Stamford by our officers.”
UK Border Agency, 21st June 2010
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
“A former top City lawyer who says she was driven to a mental breakdown by a ‘psycho’ colleague has launched an £800,000 lawsuit over claims that her employers failed to support her.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd June 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The requirement of a law degree for eligibility for the highest pay grade as a police legal adviser did not amount to discrimination against those aged over 60.”
WLR Daily, 28th April 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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“Lady Greenfield has dropped a sex discrimination case against the Royal Institution in an undisclosed out-of-court settlement.”
The Guardian, 28th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Regina (Shoesmith) v Ofsted and others [2010] EWHC 852(Admin); [2010] WLR (D) 102
“The duty of fairness which arose in respect of an Ofsted inspection carried out pursuant to s 20 of the Children Act 2004 was derived from a duty to carry out a bona fide and open-minded inspection into the operation of local authority departments and systems of safeguarding and not to inspect individuals. When making directions pursuant to s 497A of the Education Act 1996 (as inserted by s 8 of the School Standard and Framework Act 1998) to remove an office holder, the Secretary of State could, in certain circumstances, put the wider interests of child safeguarding above the interest of an individual office holder to be treated fairly. That should not mean that the individual concerned should be deprived of her reputation or other contractual or statutory rights. An individual removed from office pursuant to s 497A who had standing to bring a claim against the employer authority in the employment tribunal should bring that claim first and pursue a claim for judical review against her employer only as a last resort.”
WLR Daily, 26th April 2010
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“An archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church was vicariously liable for the sexual abuse of a non-Catholic boy by a priest with special responsibility for youth work on the basis that there was a sufficient connection between the work he was employed to do and the abuse perpetrated.”
WLR Daily, 17th March 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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“The Law Society’s legal action against the Office for Legal Complaints and the government to determine whether employment protection rules apply to staff at the Legal Complaints Service was heard in the High Court last week.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 25th February 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
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