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Discrimination

Locked	Date	Title	Author	Type	Abstract
	1 Jan 2003	Towards Equality and Diversity	Charlotte Davies, McDermott, Will & Emery	ELA Briefing	The government at the end of January completed its consultation on its proposals for implementing the Race Directive (2000/43/EC) and the Framework Employment Directive (2000/78/EC). Once fully implem...
	1 Oct 2010	Seldon v Clarkson Wright and Jakes	Jo Davis, B P Collins LLP	ELA Briefing	Seldon v Clarkson Wright and Jakes went before the Court of Appeal in the summer. The court found against Kent lawyer, Leslie Seldon, who had been forced to retire from his firm almost four years earl...
	14 Nov 2007	Overview of German Employment Law	Matthew Devey, Linklaters (Frankfurt)	Lecture Notes
	1 Dec 2009	Discrimination By Association, If You Know What I Mean	Rachel Dineley, Beachcroft LLP	ELA Briefing	'Then you should say what you mean,' the March Hare went on. 'I do,' Alice hastily replied; 'At least - at least I mean what I say - that's the same thing, you kno...
	1 Jun 2011	Exploring combined discrimination	Olivia-Faith Dobbie, Cloisters	ELA Briefing	The concept of combined discrimination arose when the original anti-discrimination statutes were enacted in the mid 1970s. Since then, there has been an incremental expansion of the number of characte...
	1 Mar 2008	Discrimination by Association: What Lies Ahead?	Caroline Dunne, Paul Hastings, Janofsky & Walker (Europe) LLP	ELA Briefing	The Equal Treatment Framework Directive (2000/78/EC) and Racial Equality Directive (2000/43/EC) provide a framework for equal treatment in employment, covering race, disability, age, sexual orientatio...
	1 Jun 2007	Odoemelam – a different view	Andrew Edge and Simon Forshaw, Littleton Chambers	ELA Briefing	A nurse, Christine Odoemelam, complained of racial discrimination by her employer, the Whittington Hospital NHS Trust, and by two employees. The Trust argued successfully at a pre-hearing review that ...
	1 Apr 2008	Absolute Immunity	Paul Epstein QC, Cloisters Chambers	ELA Briefing	It is increasingly common for claimants to bring victimisation or discrimination claims arising out of steps taken by the other side during the course of existing proceedings.
	1 Apr 2010	Liberal Democrats Back Anonymous Job Applications	Lynne Featherstone MP, Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Youth and Equality	ELA Briefing	Liberal Democrat spokesperson for youth and equality Lynne Featherstone sets out her five priorities for employment legislation, which she believes will deliver a fairer deal for employees and also be...
	1 Mar 2010	Protecting philosophical beliefs	Shah Qureshi, head of employment law, and Nicholas Fry, Bindmans LLP	ELA Briefing	A recent EAT case - Grainger plc & ors v Nicholson - confirmed that a belief in climate change can be a philosophical belief capable of protection under the U...