The EAT will hear the appeal in Ali v Capita Customer Management Ltd today on the issue of whether employers who offer enhanced maternity pay must also offer enhanced Shared Parental Pay.  The joined appeal of Hextall v Chief Constable of Leicestershire Police will take place in January 2018.  Siân McKinley considers the significance of these appeals in this blog.

The Employment Appeal Tribunal will hear the appeal in Ali v Capita Customer Management Ltd tomorrow, Wednesday 20th December, on the issue of whether employers who offer enhanced maternity pay must also offer enhanced shared parental pay. The joined appeal of Hextall v Chief Constable of Leicestershire Police will take place in January 2018.

Schona Jolly QC appeared on BBC World News today to discuss human rights concerns of the Rohingya refugee crisis in Myanmar.

Human rights and equalities barrister Schona Jolly QC has written an opinion piece in The Guardian about the profound flaws with the EU Withdrawal Bill and why lawyers, in particular, are worried. 

Cloisters is delighted to announce that Ed Williams and Tom Coghlin have been successful in the 2017 silk competition.

Robin Allen QC and Dee Masters from Cloisters consider the interplay between technology and discrimination law in this article.

Denial of UK State Pension to male-to-female trans pensioner without a Gender Recognition Certificate constitutes direct sex discrimination contrary to EU Directive 79/7.

Anna Beale discusses the Supreme Court’s interpretation of the time limit provisions contained in the Human Rights Act 1998 in O’Connor v Bar Standards Board [2017] UKSC 78

Tom Brown acts in an Industrial Tribunal in Belfast has upheld a £1m claim that Ulster University failed to consult about collective redundancies, following a two-week trial.