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In this month’s employment brief, Ian Smith raises a glass to legal privilege in the face of pub gossip, & the Pandora’s Box opened by the recent whistle-blowing judgment

Nicholas Dobson analyses the recent decision extending protection to those who blow the whistle while on the Bench

Clarity & transparency sought in face of cover-up culture

Tackling unconscious bias is key to achieving equality, writes Trevor Sterling

Law firms can help disabled clients most by recognising their needs and requirements at an early stage, research commissioned by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has found.

This month, Ian Smith runs with some classic arguments on worker status & gives a nod to national stereotypes

Business ‘has lost patience’ with politicians whose ‘widespread ignorance’ about the impact Brexit could have has forced firms to prepare for ‘an abrupt, brutal and possibly chaotic’ departure, according to a report by insurance firm DAC Beachcroft.

Equality laws must tackle institutional and systemic discrimination rather than relying on individual litigation to create precedents, an approach that ‘dates back to the 1960s’, MPs have said.

Do low rates of statutory pay for shared parental leave discriminate against the non-birthing partner? Shane Crawford analyses the arguments

Low-paid workers are to receive more workplace protections under the government’s ‘Good work plan’, business secretary Greg Clark announced this week.

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Gateley Legal—Jack Kelly

Gateley Legal expands Midlands residential development team

Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees

Gibson Dunn adds employee benefits and executive compensation practice in London with partner Richard Surtees

Laytons ETL—Alec Cameron

Laytons ETL appoints new partner and head of intellectual property disputes

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NLJ this week: Property cases reshape established principles-T1

A series of recent decisions has clarified important principles across property law, from perpetuities to lease renewals and public rights over land

NLJ this week: Property cases reshape established principles

A series of recent decisions has clarified important principles across property law, from perpetuities to lease renewals and public rights over land

NLJ this week: Stress ruling raises the bar for employers

Employers cannot rely on wellbeing services alone to defend workplace stress claims after a High Court decision awarding almost £1m to an overworked employee

NLJ this week: Can Manchesterism revive access to justice?

Andy Burnham's brand of 'Manchesterism' could offer fresh thinking on legal aid and access to justice if it reaches Westminster, according to Roger Smith, NLJ columnist and former director of JUSTICE

NLJ this week: Constitutional conventions tested as power changes hands

The constitutional fallout from a change of prime minister, rather than the politics, is under scrutiny as questions arise over the limits of executive authority in a leadership transition

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Discrimination

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gateley Legal—Jack Kelly

Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees

Laytons ETL—Alec Cameron