Pupil Rebecca Henshaw updates readers on Martina Murphy’s recent success in D v E, where the EAT overturned a decision to strike out an indirect discrimination claim. Martina acted pro bono for the Appellant through Advocate.
Category: Experiences
Associative indirect discrimination: a new class of claimant in discrimination law
Jessica Franklin, junior for the Claimants in Rollet v British Airways, looks at a recent decision that might allow claimants to bring claims of indirect discrimination by association.
Waiting for the conference host to join: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Remote Hearings
If you had asked most employment lawyers – indeed, most litigators – back in January 2020 whether they thought that,… Read more Waiting for the conference host to join: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Remote Hearings
Struck Out! When can your opponent’s laziness justify dismissing their claim or defence?
Tim Goodwin looks at a recent case of a Respondent’s failure to properly prepare for trial justified their defence of the claim being struck out.
Claims based on historic disclosures
Could a disclosure made many years before the alleged detriment still be relied on in a whistleblowing case?
Dismissal in any event for a non-discriminatory reason: applying Chagger in complex cases
Andrew Watson considers the effect of Chagger v Abbey National, the ‘Polkey of the discrimination world’, in relation to a case he was recently instructed on.
Video hearings: Universal panacea or technological omnishambles?
Georgina Churchhouse reflects on the use of video link technology to conduct longer and more complex Tribunal hearings, following her recent experience of conducting a long hearing remotely.