Six High Court Judges have brought discrimination claims against the Ministry of Justice, at a hearing due to begin this week. The six (reported to be Sir Nicholas Mostyn, Sir Roderick Newton, Sir Philip Moor, Dame Lucy Theis, Sir Richard Arnold and Sir Rabinder Singh) claim they were unfairly disadvantaged by cuts in their pensions as a result of reforms to the judicial pension scheme that came into force in April 2015. Their claims include challenges on the basis of race and sex, as well as age, discrimination.
17 November 2016
Judges discrimination claim
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NEWS
The government will aim to pass legislation banning leasehold for new flats and capping ground rent, introducing non-compulsory digital ID and creating a ‘duty of candour’ for public servants (also known as the Hillsborough law) in the next Parliament
An Italian financier has lost his bid to block his Australian wife from filing divorce papers in England on the basis it was no longer her domicile of choice
Reforms to the disclosure regime in the business and property courts have not achieved their objectives, lawyers have warned
The Law Society has urged ministers to hold a public consultation on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the justice system as a whole
Ministers have proposed bringing inquest work under a single fee scheme for legal help and advocacy legal aid work
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