Tag: Business
Should Judges recuse themselves if they practise in the same chambers as a barrister in the case?
Allegations of bias against Judges are treated with healthy scepticism. But litigators should be alert to complications that can arise when Judges have links to the lawyers in a case. In a recent commercial dispute, the Court of Appeal discussed the right approach to secure fairness and justice.
Gearing up for International Women’s Day: an urban cycling story #IWD2017
Sun’s out. It’s time to get back on the bike and bask in it. But there’s a roadblock of sexism ahead that we need to dismantle #IWD2017
Employment Tribunal judgments are now available online
Anyone can now search online for Employment Tribunal judgments about employers following the launch of a new database of first-instance decisions
Did Byron Burger unlawfully discriminate against employees in Home Office sting?
Potentially. But much depends on what was said and done, and how. The raid On the morning of 4 July 2016, […]
What are the pros and cons of secretly recorded evidence?
Someone once described the smartphone as an incredibly powerful surveillance device that can also make phone calls. They were right. The ubiquity of […]
What a difference 2 days make…
2 March 2016: UK Supreme Court finds Morrisons responsible for racist abuse by a rogue employee and conclude that employers may […]
Breaking: UK Supreme Court extends vicarious liability in landmark judgment
The Supreme Court have shaken up the law of vicarious liability (again) in Mr A M Mohamud (in substitution for Mr […]
The Modern Slavery Act 2015: analysis
Much fanfare greeted the passage of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (‘MSA 2015’), hailed by the government as an “historic […]