Daniel Brown on the case of Boohene & Others v The Royal Parks Ltd [2024] EWCA Civ 583, which highlights what can go wrong in indirect discrimination claims when careful analysis of the issues and the inclusion of evidence to prove the case are missing.
This case also offers a useful analysis of the scope of s.41 Equality Act 2010 (‘EqA 2010’) (liability of principals in relation to contract workers).
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Emma Waldron provides a roundup of some of the major policies set to be implemented under the new Labour government, and what the changes could mean for education law practitioners.
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Matthew Wyard analyses the Upper Tribunal's decision in MM (as alternative person for C) v Royal Borough of Greenwich [2024] UKUT 179 (AAC) and the UT's updated guidance on mental capacity and the First tier Tribunal’s jurisdiction to make health and social care recommendations
Matthew represented the successful appellant, instructed by Geldards LLP.
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John Friel considers how to make the best use of the recent legal developments on recommendations made under the SENDIST’s extended appeals jurisdiction when such recommendations are rejected by a local authority.
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Alex Leonhardt reflects on the High Court's refusal to grant a Group Litigation Order to UCL students' claim for disrupted learning during the Covid pandemic and possible implications for other higher education providers.
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Emma Waldron on the case of Hampshire County Council v (1) GC (2) GC (SEND): [2024] UKUT 128 (AAC) and the decision by a local authority to cease to maintain the EHC Plan of a child who had moved abroad.
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Alice de Coverley and Sunyana Sharma examine the decision of the Care Standards Tribunal in Mrs EI v Suffolk Childcare Agency [2024] UKFTT 00429 (HESC) in the first known case regarding the appeal of a suspension decision by a childminder agency, other than Ofsted.
Alice de Coverley, instructed by DAC Beachcroft, represented the Respondent, and Sunyana Sharma, also from 3PB, represented the Appellant, instructed by Stephensons.
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Mathew Gullick KC analyses the case of HMRC v Lees of Scotland Ltd [2024] EAT 120, a reminder that even the best-intentioned employers can be found in breach of the National Minimum Wage legislation when they make deductions from their workers’ pay.
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Naomi Webber reviews the case of Masiero & others v Barchester Healthcare PLC [2024] EAT 112, which highlights that reasonable business requirement to change terms of employment and reasonable reasons to refuse them are not mutually exclusive.
Naomi also outlines the correct approach to be taken where human rights are engaged and part of the relevant factors to be considered in the context of dismissals.
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Daniel Brown considers the case of Ridley & Others v HB Kirtley t/a Queen’s Court Business Centre & Others [2024] EWCA Civ 884, in which the Court of Appeal examined if notices of appeal received on time by the EAT - but from which some of the required supporting documents were missing - should have been granted an appeal.
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Rosa Thomas analyses the case of Bailey v (1) Stonewall Equality Ltd (2) Garden Court Chambers & Ors [2024] EAT 119, the first reported judgment that directly deals with what it means to cause or induce discrimination under s.111 Equality Act 2010.
This judgment provides helpful guidance, particularly on the mental element required under s.111 and what is required to establish causation under s.111(2).
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