Parasitism Wherever large amounts of money are to be made from the law, increasing levels of parasitism can be seen to develop around the...

DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION Harassment and victimisation Covert surveillance Case Baker v Peninsula Business Services Ltd (2016) Eq Opp...

EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS Jurisdiction Sufficiently close connection Case Jeffery v The British Council (2016) Morning Star, October 14, EAT...

SEX DISCRIMINATION Harassment Conduct clearly of sexual nature Case Samuda v London Borough of Hackney and Adams (2016) Eq Opp Rev...

The following material is highly critical of certain aspects of human rights law and practice in the United Kingdom. These preliminary...

Midcounties Co-op fails to pay minimum wage Midcounties Co-op, Britain’s biggest independent co-op, has made the largest single payout to...

International Labour Organisation (ILO) The ILO was created in 1919 with the aim of advancing social justice in the belief that universal...

DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION Knowledge of employer Case Watterson v Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (2016) Eq Opp Rev...

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...