Voluntary organisations will welcome a decision of the Supreme Court that volunteers do not fall within the scope of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (now superseded by the Equality Act 2010) or the EU Equal Treatment Framework Directive (X v Mid-Sussex Citizens Advice Bureau). X,
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The Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced plans to introduce a new kind of employment status – that of ‘owner-employee’. The plan is that new owner-employees will relinquish some of their UK employment rights in exchange for rights of ownership in the form of shares
An employment contract which was retained and not signed by the relevant worker remains valid for the purposes of enforcing restrictive covenants contained within it, a High Court judge has ruled. Benefits received by the worker under the terms of the unsigned contract, including pension
Gay partners who were refused a double bed after booking themselves into a bed & breakfast (B&B) for the night have been awarded £1,800 damages each after a judge ruled that their treatment amounted to a violation of their equality rights. Recorder Moulder ruled that
A High Court ruling has underlined the dangers inherent in purchasing property at auction without taking proper legal advice
