
News and INsights
Worker Status and Vicarious Liability: The Needfor Coherence
Sarah Fraser Butlin and Robin Allen QC have published a University of Cambridge Law Faculty working paper on Pimlico Plumbers and vicarious liability.
Disability in the Legal Professions
Cloister's John Horan will host the event. John will also deliver a talk entitled Disabled Barristers: Are You Stroppy?
Schona Jolly QC to address disability and equality in a post-Brexit UK
Schona Jolly QC spoke at the Business Disability Forum President’s Group Dinner on the implications of disability and equality in post-Brexit UK.
4th edition of Personal Injury Schedules: Calculating Damages published
A new edition of Personal Injury Schedules: Calculating Damages has been released. The updated text will take account of developments resulting from case law since the last edition in 2010.
Nathan Roberts appointed to the Attorney General's Panel of Counsel
Nathan Roberts has been appointed to the C Panel of Junior Counsel to the Crown in his first year of eligibility.
Closing the Race Employment and Pay Gaps: Levers for Change
The Equality and Diversity Forum and Cloisters are excited to host, Closing the Race Employment and Pay Gaps: Levers for Change.
Cloisters' barristers to appear in Supreme Court case on worker status
Robin Allen QC, Sally Robertson and Sarah Fraser Butlin have been instructed to intervene in the Supreme Court on behalf of the IWGB union in Pimlico Plumbers Ltd v Others v Smith.
Catherine Casserley instructed in Little Mix sign language row.
Catherine Casserley, an expert in disability discrimination is instructed for a deaf mother who is suing Little Mix promoter in sign language argument.
Cloisters sponsors the launch of the Fawcett Society Sex Discrimination Law Review
Cloisters is delighted to announce sponsorship of the launch of the Fawcett Society Sex Discrimination Law Review.
The Fawcett Society, the UK’s leading charity campaigning for gender equality and women’s rights, will launch the findings of a landmark, year-long review of UK equalities legislation early in the new year.
Glasgow City Council Decides Not to Appeal
Yesterday, Glasgow City Council decided that it would not pursue permission to appeal to the Supreme Court against the Court of Session decision in HBJ Claimants v Glasgow City Council.
Claire McCann and Navid Pourghazi to speak at ELA Conference
Discrimination: The Law and Strategy presented by The Employment Lawyers Association is a two day conference.
Equality Law Training in Scotland
Rachel Crasnow QC will deliver a talk about Pregnancy, Maternity and Parental Rights, including an update on shared parental leave. Robin Allen QC will give an update about discrimination because of religion or belief and sexual orientation discrimination.
Schona Jolly QC to chair the HRLA Annual General Meeting and Lecture
The Human Rights Law Association Annual Lecture is open to everyone. The chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, David Isaac, will talk about the state of human rights in modern Britain. Leading the conversation will be Cloister's Schona Jolly QC.
Is age discrimination keeping older people out of work?
Dee Masters gave oral evidence to the Women and Equalities Committee today (10 January 2018) concerning ways in which the law could be modified so as to improve the recruitment and retention of older workers.
Claire McCann: What privacy rights do employees have in the workplace?
Experienced employment, discrimination and equality barrister, Claire McCann, will host the above session in Manchester tomorrow evening (Tuesday 9th January).
Schona Jolly QC on plugging the post-Brexit human rights gap
Human rights and equalities lawyer Schona Jolly QC warns that the government’s refusal to incorporate the EU Charter of Rights into UK law will weaken human rights protections.
COA dismisses whistleblowing judge’s appeal in Gilham v MOJ
The Court of Appeal has today (21 December 2017) given judgment in the much awaited “are judges workers?” case of Gilham v MOJ. Rachel Crasnow QC, Rachel Barrett and Chris Milsom acted for the intervenor.
Appeal court to scrutinise legality of enhanced shared parental pay
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.