In a judgment published yesterday, the Supreme Court has left the door slightly ajar for allowing businesses to set their own retirement age for staff – but only if the reasons for doing so meet both...
A landmark legal dispute brought by a solicitor who claims he was forcibly retired at 65, came to the Supreme Court this week, when the decision will be made legitimate and justifiable for law firm...
The Supreme Court has issued its long awaited judgment in the case of Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust v Edwards.
A judge has ruled that a lap dancer can appeal an Employment Tribunal decision to establish whether she was “employed” by the club. This legal challenge will be of interest to all businesses using...
Although it is just over a year since the coming into force of the Equality Act as yet we have had no appeal decisions.
On 31 August 2011, Munir Patel became the first person to face prosecution under the Bribery Act 2010 (the "Act") for allegedly requesting and receiving a bribe to influence the course of criminal...
Employers in the public sector – and possibly beyond – now face being held legally liable for failing to protect their staff from repetitive racial harassment, following legal developments at home and...
London will be transformed next summer, says Laura Evans, with millions of additional tourists, athletes and spectators and the ensuing excitement and disruption this will bring. It will pose a major...
In the strange new world of religion or belief discrimination, have we reached the final frontier? Some people believe that Trekkies – devoted fans of Star Trek – belong to a civil or quasi religion.
Employers have been warned about giving negligent references on ex-employees following a recent High Court case.
The conviction of Cotswold Geotechnical Holdings for corporate manslaughter will herald an avalanche of similar cases, lawyers today warned.
Cotswold Geotechnical Holdings was this afternoon fined the sum of 385,000 following its conviction for corporate manslaughter on Tuesday.
