20 Essex Street has become the first chambers in the country to adopt the Contextual Recruitment System (CRS), a tool run by diversity recruitment specialist Rare. The software, which is used by a number of law firms, inputs social mobility metrics into graduate recruitment databases to allow potential employers to view not just a candidate’s achievements, but also the context in which those achievements were gained, including postcode, school quality, refugee status and more. CRS users hope the system will help to drive diversity among new recruits by unearthing candidates from non-traditional backgrounds.
05 December 2018
Recruitment software to aid diversity drive
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Boodle Hatfield—Tom McLaughlin
Boodle Hatfield welcomes new employment partner, Tom McLaughlin
Arc Pensions Law—Victoria Thompson-Hill, Jonathan Mason & Georgi Ivanov
National specialist pensions law firm strengthens team with three new appointments
Jurit—Christian Abletshauser
Jurit appoints Christian Abletshauser to lead family law practice
NEWS
Burges Salmon appoints Benn Richards to strengthen Contentious Insolvency offering
A High Court decision has clarified that a home may be unfit for human habitation not only where conditions endanger health or safety, but also where they seriously undermine comfort and convenience
A longer time limit for employment tribunal claims, new charity law thresholds, property tribunal recruitment and appellate guidance on small-claims costs feature in the latest Civil Way round-up
A recent High Court ruling could make issue estoppel considerably more complex in cross-border litigation, requiring parties to consider the foreign law governing the underlying claim
The Supreme Court has overturned Cheshire West’s bright-line test for deprivation of liberty, replacing it with a broader, more contextual assessment that gives greater weight to an individual’s wishes, feelings and apparent consent
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