Robert Spicer
New employment cases: package holidays and disability discrimination
CONTRACT Tour operators Package holiday contracts Case X v Kuoni Travel Ltd [2021] UKSC 34, Supreme Court Facts Ms X was on a package...
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Robert Spicer
Oct 5, 20213 min read
COMPARATIVE HEALTH AND SAFETY
COMPARATIVE HEALTH AND SAFETY I have now completed more than 20 international health and safety topics for publication. These have...
Anastasiia Tolmacheva
Sep 20, 20213 min read
The DAO: Is it the end to the idea of using algorithmic authority to create a new form of sociality
Legal authority is a well-known “issue” in the cryptocurrency and block-chain world. For years, strong idealistic proponents of...
Anastasiia Tolmacheva
Sep 13, 20212 min read
DoNotPay and popular facial recognition tools
Legal tech company DoNotPay is best known for its army of “robot lawyers” — automated bots that tackle boringonline tasks like canceling...
Robert Spicer
Aug 30, 20212 min read
Sexual harassment and barristers
It has been reported that the Bar Tribunal and Adjudication Service (BTAS) is proposing increased penalties for barristers found guilty...
Robert Spicer
Aug 23, 20211 min read
Employment tribunals procedure: new case
EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS ET1 Form Amendment Case Marrufo v Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole Council [2020] UKEAT 0103/20/0312, Employment...
Robert Spicer
Aug 19, 20212 min read
Whistleblowing: more guidance
WHISTLEBLOWING Thought processes of dismissing officer Case University Hospital North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust v Fairhall...
Robert Spicer
Aug 16, 20212 min read
Disability discrimination: reasonable adjustments
DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION Reasonable adjustments Objective assessment Case Thompson v Vale of Glamorgan Council (2021) Morning Star,...
Robert Spicer
Aug 12, 20214 min read
Welfare law in practice
Previously the poor were oppressed by the state, by landlords, by employers. Now they have to carry a powerful new burden on their...
Robert Spicer
Aug 7, 20212 min read
PHILOSOPHICAL BELIEF
Gender-critical beliefs Case Forstater v CGD Europe UKEAT/0105/20/JOJ Facts Ms F worked under a consultancy agreement as a researcher and...
Robert Spicer
Aug 6, 20211 min read
CRIMINAL INJURIES COMPENSATION: SUPREME COURT DECISION
Exclusion of modern slavery and trafficking where victims previously imprisoned Case R (A and another) v Criminal Injuries Compensation...
Robert Spicer
Jul 31, 20214 min read
Miscarriages of justice: the latest and the worst?
Miscarriages of justice A miscarriage of justice can be defined as a failure of a court or judicial system to attain the ends of justice,...
Robert Spicer
Jul 29, 20211 min read
Money needed to practise as a barrister 2021
Money needed to practise as a barrister (2021) Fee for joining an Inn of Court (compulsory) : £100 Cost of Bar Practice Course...
Robert Spicer
Jul 24, 20215 min read
Crown immunity: a blot on the landscape of the English legal system
Crown immunity: a blot on the landscape of the English legal system The shadowy issue of Crown immunity is an ancient, obscure and...
Robert Spicer
Jul 23, 20212 min read
Health and safety and automatically unfair dismissal
UNFAIR DISMISSAL: Automatically unfair: Health and safety activities In the recent case of Sinclair v Trackwork Ltd, the Employment...
Robert Spicer
Jul 15, 20211 min read
Sex discrimination and maternity pay
SEX DISCRIMINATION Maternity leave and pay In the case of Commissioner of the City of London Police v Geldart, the Court of Appeal gave...
Robert Spicer
Jul 9, 20212 min read
PHILOSOPHICAL BELIEF
Gender-critical beliefs In the case of Forstater v CGD Europe, Ms F worked under a consultancy agreement as a researcher and writer with...
Robert Spicer
Jul 2, 20212 min read
ELF ‘N’ SAFETY: THE REALITY
Those who ridicule health and safety as “Elf ‘n’ Safety” and who argue for deregulation and a reduction in red tape, need to be aware of...
Robert Spicer
Jun 26, 20214 min read
R (The Environment Agency) v Dean Andrew Ryder and Andrew Lawrence Green
R (The Environment Agency) v Dean Andrew Ryder and Andrew Lawrence Green Originally published by Croner-i (https://app.croneri.co.uk/refe...
Robert Spicer
Jun 26, 20214 min read
The Queen (on the application of the National Farmers Union and T&G Stone Ltd) v Secretary of State
The Queen (on the application of the National Farmers Union and T&G Stone Ltd) v Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural...
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