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A claim of direct discrimination concerns ‘a person’ being treated less favourably because of a particular characteristic. Law protects a number of personal characteristics including a person’s race, disability, sex, gender reassignment,...
The magazine for GPs, Pulse, has revealed that nearly half of the GP surgeries that began opening during the evenings and at weekends, as part of a pilot scheme, have cut their hours. Eight of the 18 pilot areas, which were given shares of...
There has for some time been a call for clarity over whether a claim for caste discrimination can be pursued under the Equality Act 2010. The matter has now been decided in the case Chandok and another v Tirkey [2015] IRLR 195 EAT. In this...
How many of us get that ‘Friday feeling’? The office is locked and the weekend beckons – so what’s the priority? Straight to the pub or in the queue at the local chippy? Decisions, decisions. Either way, at the end...
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published its first guidelines to the adult social care sector, which aims to provide more targeted ‘best practice’ advice to care providers. The intention of the guidelines is to...
From October 2015, the level of debt needed to present a bankruptcy petition will increase from £750 to £5,000. The current level of £750 has been with us since 1986 and this is the first revision of this figure since. ...
It has been reported this week that one in three people born in 2015 will develop dementia during their lifetimes. Research has revealed that, due to longer life expectancies, 27 per cent of boys and 37 per cent of girls will develop the condition....
The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman has revealed that the most common reason that patients escalate NHS complaints is due to the lack of a proper apology from Trusts when things go wrong. It was named as the reason for 34 per cent of...
Shares in VW have plummeted since the recent discovery of an item of software on certain models of VW cars which have been tested for emissions. It is alleged that the software on the vehicles can detect when the car is being tested for emissions. When the...
From 1 October, a new law will come into force, making it illegal to smoke tobacco in a vehicle carrying anyone under the age of 18. The restrictions do not apply to so-called ‘e-cigarettes’, however, the new legislation will also make it...
We are a nation of unashamed chocolate lovers. Last year we Brits consumed more than 600 tonnes of chocolate, with one-in-six indulging every day. Many of us are used to picking up a sweet treat during our lunch hour, looking for the distinctive...
A recent freedom of information request revealed that council use of bailiffs has increased 16% in two years. Alistair Gregory, commercial litigation partner at Stephensons, explains some of the legal aspects of this trend. ...
Kathryn is heading into the final year of her law degree at Lancaster University in September and has taken part in the summer vacation scheme to gain practical experience to assist her with her studies. With the aim of undertaking the Legal Practice...
The BBC has recently revealed that immigration rules could potentially harm patients, particularly in the forthcoming winter months. Chief Executives of ten NHS Trusts from throughout England have written to the Home Secretary to complain that large...
The European Court of Justice has ruled that for certain employees, their journey to work should be classed as part of their working day. The ruling follows a case in the European Court of Justice in which employees of a Spanish company who...
Divorce. It is very rarely an easy or straightforward process, but when there’s a business involved, things can feel even more complicated. When couples go through divorce proceedings, any goodwill that remained between them can often go out of the...
Employment lawyers received disappointing news last week with the decision of the Court of Appeal to dismiss Unison’s claim seeking to overturn the Employment Tribunal Fees regime. Lord Justice Underhill stated that Unison would need to provide...
It has been revealed by the medical publication, Pulse, that NHS clinical commissioning groups have funded unusual items such as a SatNav, Wii games consoles and a vacuum-cleaning robot under the NHS personal health budget scheme. The scheme was designed to...
