The Bar Council and Law Society will contribute to a review of social mobility led by MP Alan Milburn.
Syed v Wightlink (Guernsey) Ltd [2009] All ER (D) 38 (Jan)
Solicitors claim the silk selection procedure is biased towards barristers and too costly and time consuming to complete.
The Royal Bank of Scotland has become the first service provider to be ordered to make its building accessible to wheelchair users.
Was 2008 a significant year for equal pay? asks Charles Pigott
Discrimination
English v Thomas Sanderson Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 1421, [2008] All ER (D) 219 (Dec)
UK firms recognising benefits of diverse workforce
Ian Smith contemplates some murky borderlines
Ulele Burnham examines how courts interpret positive equality obligations in public law
Firm strengthens global fund finance practice with London partner hire.
Partner and head of national planning team appointed
Corporate team expands in Birmingham with partner hire
An engagement ring may symbolise romance, but the courts remain decidedly practical about who keeps it after a split, writes Mark Pawlowski, barrister and professor emeritus of property law at the University of Greenwich, in this week's NLJ