Matthew Taylor’s Review of Modern Working Practices, or colloquially ‘Good Work’, was finally published this week. As part of a collaboration with Greg Marsh, Diane Nicol and Paul Broadbent, Taylor sought to consider three challenges: Firstly, tackling exploitation at work;…
The former wife of an oil and gas trader has been awarded £453 million in financial remedy proceedings against her former husband. It is thought to be one of the largest divorce awards in the UK. The husband is 61…
Better protection for whistleblowers? Appeal upheld in Dr Day -v- Health Education EnglandThe highly anticipated Court of Appeal Judgment in Dr Day -v- Health Education England has today been handed down. The judgment has upheld an appeal by Dr Chris Day (a junior…
National housebuilder Taylor Wimpey has apologised to home buyers this week after growing criticism of its policy, between 2007 and 2011, of selling new build houses as leasehold properties. This meant that the builder owns, or may have sold on,…
Steven Organ looks at a recent judgment of the Supreme Court and its effect on the law of indirect discrimination. The Supreme Court’s recent judgment in the two linked cases of Essop and Ors v Home Office and Naeem v Secretary of State…
Jessica Bass looks at recent cases in respect of discriminatory dress codes, and the potential implications for UK employers. You would have been hard pressed to miss the headlines last year relating to a London receptionist, working for one of…
In December 2015, Nicola Thorp arrived for work at PwC’s office in London, to begin work as a receptionist. Responsibility for the front desk and reception area was outsourced to a provider called Portico, who had a contentious policy in…
This month, the European Court of Justice (“CJEU”) have handed down their long-awaited decisions in two recent cases concerning religious dress codes in the workplace. The judgments came as a bit of a surprise. In the case of Achbita v G4S…
The Supreme Court last week brought to an end 12 years of litigation in the case of Ilott v The Blue Cross and others which involved important principles of English law. One of these is the respect for testamentary freedom: ie. an…
The Court of Appeal have today handed down judgment refusing judicial review of the government’s policy on civil partnerships. Since 2005 same-sex couples have been able to formalise their relationship with a civil partnership, which gives them broadly same rights…