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Book Reviews: Management

24 July 2008 / Jeremy Nixon
Issue: 7331 / Categories: Features
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Book Reviews

Discrimination in Employment Handbook
M Murray, S Gregory, P Goulding, B Lang / Tolley / RRP £75 ISBN 978 - 0754531715

As one would expect from a book written by members of Blackstone Chambers and solicitors from Baker & McKenzie's employment team, Tolley's Discrimination in Employment Handbook impresses from the moment you pick it up.

First, it is succinct. Practitioners will appreciate the fact that the Handbook can easily be carried round to assist in answering issues as they arise. The book is also set out in a logical way with a very helpful index of statutes and cases at the front and a full topic index at the end.

The book is divided into 11 chapters which helpfully slice through what is an enormous area of the law. Following an introductory section on “Common Concepts” the book goes on to focus on the main areas of anti discrimination law (age, disability, race, religion, belief, sex and sexual orientation) as well as what one could describe as “Cinderella” topics such as gender reassignment, marital

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Pillsbury—Lord Garnier KC

Pillsbury—Lord Garnier KC

Appointment of former Solicitor General bolsters corporate investigations and white collar practice

Hall & Wilcox—Nigel Clark

Hall & Wilcox—Nigel Clark

Firm strengthens international strategy with hire of global relations consultant

Slater Heelis—Sylviane Kokouendo & Shazia Ashraf

Slater Heelis—Sylviane Kokouendo & Shazia Ashraf

Partner and associate join employment practice

NEWS
The government’s plan to introduce a Single Professional Services Supervisor could erode vital legal-sector expertise, warns Mark Evans, president of the Law Society of England and Wales, in NLJ this week
Writing in NLJ this week, Jonathan Fisher KC of Red Lion Chambers argues that the ‘failure to prevent’ model of corporate criminal responsibility—covering bribery, tax evasion, and fraud—should be embraced, not resisted
Professor Graham Zellick KC argues in NLJ this week that, despite Buckingham Palace’s statement stripping Andrew Mountbatten Windsor of his styles, titles and honours, he remains legally a duke
Writing in NLJ this week, Sophie Ashcroft and Miranda Joseph of Stevens & Bolton dissect the Privy Council’s landmark ruling in Jardine Strategic Ltd v Oasis Investments II Master Fund Ltd (No 2), which abolishes the long-standing 'shareholder rule'
In NLJ this week, Sailesh Mehta and Theo Burges of Red Lion Chambers examine the government’s first-ever 'Afghan leak' super-injunction—used to block reporting of data exposing Afghans who aided UK forces and over 100 British officials. Unlike celebrity privacy cases, this injunction centred on national security. Its use, the authors argue, signals the rise of a vast new body of national security law spanning civil, criminal, and media domains
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