latest news and cases 

• New report published on age and employment more>
• European Court to rule on whether a man can be discriminated against on the grounds of his partner’s pregnancy more>
• Gay couple cannot be lawfully discriminated against by hoteliers, Court of Appeal rules more>
• EAT Backs Bennett in sexual orientation discrimination claim more>
• Supreme Court hears age discrimination case more>
• Robin Allen QC and Claire McCann win first round of £8 million discimination case more>
• Cloisters supports human rights debate more>
• Unequal pay between men and women at Dudley MBC not justified says tribunal more>
• Cloisters' Brian Napier QC joins working group reviewing employment tribunal procedure more>
• Advocate General queries scope for justifying differential treatment of part time judges more>
• Declan O'Dempsey article re Dignity and Transparency
• Landmark sexual orientation case goes to Court of Appeal more>
• Christmas and New Year Opening Times
• Cloisters moves up Chambers and Partners rankings more>
• William Latimer-Sayer nominated for Personal Injury Award more>
• Cloisters congratulates Catriona Stirling more>
• Cloisters congratulates Mr Justice Langstaff more>
• Declan O'Dempsey comments on Government best value guidance more>
• Cloisters supports Public Concern at Work’s intervention in the Court of Appeal more>
• Pensions dispute between part-time judges and Ministry of Justice goes to Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg more>
• The BBC covers a case where motoring organisation, the AA, is guilty of discriminating against a diabetic employee more>
• First caste discrimination claim in Tribunal more>
• Pentecostal nurse told hospital uniform policy is not discriminatory more>
• AA guilty of discriminating against diabetic employee more>
• Supreme Court rules on breadth of employment discrimination law more>
• Supreme Court rules secret evidence can be used in Employment Tribunals more>
• Litigation and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities more>
• Sir Stephen Sedley returns to Cloisters more>
• Cloisters' Walkers raise £1,800 for pro bono legal agencies more>

• Schona Jolly in Jivraj v Hashwani Supreme Court hearing more>

• William Latimer-Sayer successfully defends claimant against acccusations of fraud by Direct Line more>

• Robin Allen QC gives seminar on developments in ECJ age discrimination case law more>

• 3 new silks for Cloisters more>

• Paul Michell represents CAB in landmark voluntary workers case more>

• Paul Michell represents MEP Nikki Sinclaire in sexual orientation claim against UKIP more>

• Yvette Budé joins Cloisters' growing employment and equality team more>

• Catriona Stirling joins Cloisters more>

• Andrew Buchan secures £215,000 for maltreated domestic help more>

• Robin Allen QC gives keynote address on the Equality Act 2010 to the Industrial Law Society more>

• Government announces default retirement age to end October 2011 more›

• Cloisters represent Gurkhas at Court of Appeal more>

• Justice for judges: Supreme Court refers Part-time judges dispute with Ministry of Justice to the European Court of Justice more›

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Cloisters in the news

• Daphne Romney QC represents Patrick Evershed in high profile city whistleblowing claim. Covered by Citywire, Bloomberg and Cityam
• First caste discrimination claim in Tribunal. Declan O'Dempsey represents claimants. The Sun and The Metro.
• The Telegraph, the Mirror and the Daily Mail cover a christian nurse's challenge to hospital uniform policy. Cloisters' barrister Anna Beale represented the respondent and Nathaniel Caiden represented the claimant in this religious discrimination case.
• The Guardian covers Caroline Musgrave's successful challenge against a preganancy related sacking
• The Telegraph and the Daily Mail cover Steer v BBC; Tom Brown represents the BBC in a case where the BBC is accused of disability discrimination by a man dismissed for harrassing a colleague
• The Guardian and the BBC report on Noble v Owen; a case where insurers Direct Line  tried to reopen a damages claim. William Latimer-Sayer successfully represented the claimant.
• The Guardian discusses the consequences of the Court of Appeal ruling on discrimination law and voluntary workers. The CAB was represented by Paul Michell and Ed Williams.

• Read the BBC online report of MEP Nikki Sinclaire's winning case against UKIP, represented by Paul Michell

• Catherine Casserley represents same-sex couple in claim they were refused a hotel room on the grounds of their sexual orientation, read full news story on The Guardian 

• Sarah Fraser Butlin appears for Lambeth Council in constructive unfair dismissal claim from former head teacher, Press Association reports 

• Caspar Glyn successfully appears for club chain Stringfellows in unfair dismissal claim by freelance worker, as reported by the Daily Telegraph
• Jason Galbraith-Martin represents the BBC in age and sex discrimination claim by Miriam O'Reilly, the Daily Telegraph reports 
• The Brian Napier QC report into the suspension of Jersey's former police chief over the historic child abuse inquiry concluded there was no conspiracy to oust him, the BBC online reports
• Paul Michell acted for Sharon Coleman, a working carer with a disabled son, in a case that extend legal protection in the work place to the nation's six million carers.  View the BBC's interview with Sharon on discrimination by association as the Equality Act 2010 comes into effect this month. 
• Jason Galbraith-Marten represents deaf civil servant in disability discrimination claim against the Foreign Office as reported by The Independent
• Ed Williams explains why the BNP faces possible sequestration to the Guardian

• Daphne Romney is named Times Lawyer of the Week, 13 May 2010 

  The Times named Cloister's employment and discrimination barrister Daphne Romney QC Lawyer of the Week following her landmark equal pay case for hundreds of Birmingham City Council workers