Georgina Churchhouse and Sam Cuthbert provide an update on dealing with data subject access requests, a vital tool in the armoury of any employment lawyer.
Non-compete clauses: a short history of dyers, bakers and torpedo-gun makers
What do you get when you combine a medieval dyer, a baker and an arms dealer? No, not the beginning of a hilarious joke. Instead, you get a fascinating jaunt (everything’s relative) through the history of the non-compete in English law as far back as 1414 to the present day.
Non-compete clauses: is change on the horizon?
In the first of a two part series, Jeremy McKeown considers what impact President Biden’s executive order – interpreted by some as an effective ban on non-compete restrictions – could have on both US and UK employment regulation.
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.
12 from 12: What the Forstater case does and doesn’t say about protected beliefs and the trans debate
The EAT handed down its much-anticipated judgment in Forstater v CGD Europe and ors (UKEAT/0105/20).
FCA looks to embed diversity in regulatory framework
Carolyn D’Souza identifies a potentially potent new approach from the FCA, which may embed diversity requirements in its regulatory regime.… Read more FCA looks to embed diversity in regulatory framework
Worker status and litigants in person – lessons from Cox v Adecco
Junior Counsel for the Appellant, Henry King, has written this short piece on a couple of points that might have been missed in the tumult about Respondents’ and Judges’ obligations towards litigants in person arising out of Cox v Adecco and ors.
Webinar – Uber and the Supreme Court: The last word in worker status?
Our webinar on worker status following the Supreme Court’s decision in Uber v Aslam is now available to watch.
The accidental bully
Priti Patel’s defenders say her breaches of the ministerial code were inadvertent. David Green considers whether this would fly as a defence to bullying allegations in the Employment Tribunal?
Legitimate aim versus discriminatory effect: objective justification under the microscope
Henry King considers a recent EAT decision setting out helpful guidance for how Tribunals balancing legitimate aims pleaded by an employer against the discriminatory effects suffered by employees in cases of objective justification.
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