A shock for lawyers – law is not universal – there are societies which have managed very well without wigs, gowns, advocates, courts,...

RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION Dress code Muslim employee Case Khatoon v The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust (2016) Eq Opp Rev 270:29,...

SEX DISCRIMINATION Personal injury Compensation Case Olayemi v Athena Medical Centre (2016) Morning Star, September 2, EAT Facts Ms A...

SEX DISCRIMINATION Indirect discrimination Balancing act Case Dutton v The Governing Body of Woodslee Primary School (2016) Morning...

This area of law is a notable exception to the general rule that money is normally a footnote in law books. The absence of any...

Recent examples of the effect of money on justice In May 2008 a confiscation hearing was abandoned because a drug offender could not find...

Nazi law: extreme class justice The National Socialist theory of law in Hitler’s Germany included the following: The “leadership...

Frederick Engels’ overview of the condition of the English working class, written in 1844 at a time of acute class conflict and against a...

Advocacy A standard text on practical hints for advocacy at the Bar (Evans, see Further Reading) makes the following points: It is...

SEX DISCRIMINATION Unconscious or subconscious Case Geller and Geller v Yeshurun Hebrew Congregation (2016) Morning Star, August 19, EAT...

Health and safety in prisons Pullen v Prison Commissioners (1957) From 1951 until 1953 George Pullen served a sentence of imprisonment in...

Barrister’s clerk A recent article in the legal press has discussed the relationship of the clerk with a barrister – he was at once his...

Employers’ liability insurance Company in liquidation Case Campbell v Peter Gordon Joiners Ltd (In Liquidation) and Another (2016) The...

Paris Commune For ten weeks in 1871, workers, artisans, students and veterans of revolutions took control of the second largest city in...

HEALTH AND SAFETY Prohibition notices Appeal Case HM Inspector of Health & Safety v Chevron North Sea Ltd (2016) Scottish Inner House 29...

Working classes The phrase “working class” has significant legal connotations and has been the subject of judicial definition in a number...

DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION Reasonable adjustments Provision, criterion or practice Case Carreras v United First Partners Research (2016)...

Court of Appeal decision on the meaning of “employee”: freelance interpreters Case Secretary of State for Justice v Windle and Arada...

HIV/AIDS in Cuba Another extreme example of the contradiction between collective and individual human rights is the reported action of...

Emma Goldman (1869-1940) The young Emma Goldman poured scorn on the inadequacy of campaigning for an eight-hour day. She aimed to expose...