Archive for June 2016
Disappointment for victims of trafficking
Schona Jolly considers what comes next after the Supreme Court rejects the race discrimination claim…
Read MoreBrexit and Mrs Webb: Return of the sick man versus pregnant woman?
By Rachel Crasnow QC The EU widened the scope of protection against gender discrimination considerably.…
Read MoreCaspar Glyn QC to speak at the ILS Annual Oxford Conference
Cloisters is delighted to be involved in this year’s Industrial Law Society’s (ILS) Annual Conference…
Read MoreCJEU confirms that certain retirement schemes can discriminate on the grounds of age
Dee Masters considers the CJEU’s judgment in C-159/15 Lesar v Telekom Austria AG published on…
Read MoreSamira Achbita v G4S Secure Solutions NV: a dangerous new concept of direct discrimination
Declan O’Dempsey considers the opinion of the Advocate General in Case C-157/15 Samira Achbita and…
Read MoreSupreme Court hears wheelchair user Paulley’s landmark appeal against bus company
The Supreme Court heard today why bus companies must ensure that wheelchair users like Mr…
Read MoreSheryn Omeri considers first ever guilty plea at the International Criminal Court
In this month’s issue of Counsel magazine, Cloisters’ Sheryn Omeri writes about the first ever…
Read MoreMissing Evidence: Sir Stephen Sedley’s inquiry into delayed publication of government commissioned research report out now
Findings by former Lord Justice of Appeal, Sir Stephen Sedley, into the scale and significance…
Read MoreKeeping up to date with inquest law in a clinical context: can a medical patient be treated as “detained by the state”?
By Patricia Hitchcock QC Those regularly instructed to represent families at inquests will no doubt…
Read MoreChallenging stereotypical assumptions: age discrimination and student loans
by Dee Masters The Court of Session has recently handed down a decision which highlights…
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