Courts, Tribunals & Judiciary

Articles

18 Jan 2013

Redefining justification defences in religious discrimination claims

Last week's religious discrimination ruling marks a turning point for human rights in the employment sphere but further clarification is still needed on the reach of the justification defence, says Darren Newman

14 Jan 2013

Poor interpretation services will lead to miscarriages of justice

The decision to outsource interpreting 'services to a single provider which is both commercial agent and regulator continues 'to present threats to the administration of justice, says Jessica Myint Thinn

18 Dec 2012

Lords challenge Grayling's control of Supreme Court appointment

Changes to Crime and Courts Bill would move power to the court's president

6 Dec 2012

Alleged criminal behaviour and indemnities

Alleged criminal conduct does not necessarily take an employee outside an indemnity. Charles Wynn-Evans looks at Coulson

30 Nov 2012

The private and the personal in Smith v Trafford Housing Trust

Anna Macey looks at the case of the housing manager ?who criticised gay marriage and was wrongfully ?dismissed, yet received only £100 in damages

16 Nov 2012

Housing manager who criticised gay marriage wrongly dismissed

Breach of contract 'serious and repudiatory', High Court decides

13 Nov 2012

Council sets aside £757m for equal pay claims

Figure for 2011/12 is up by 250m

9 Nov 2012

The territorial scope of English employment rights

Naomi Oppenheim considers how the broad approach currently adopted by employment tribunals means employees abroad can argue their way into the UK's jurisdiction