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01 May 2008
Issue: 7319 / Categories: Legal News , Discrimination , Employment , Commercial
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Sex shock

In Brief

Most UK bosses discriminate against female job applicants that they know intend to start a family, new research from the Employment Law Advisory Services reveals. The study shows over 75% of managers would not take on a woman if they knew she intended to become pregnant within six months of starting a job. Indeed, some even asked candidates during interviews if they plan to begin a family—even though this is banned under sex discrimination law: 52% of managers admitted weighing up the chances of a candidate getting pregnant, considering factors such as a woman’s age and marital status.

Issue: 7319 / Categories: Legal News , Discrimination , Employment , Commercial
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Haynes Boone—Jeremy Cross

Haynes Boone—Jeremy Cross

Firm strengthens global fund finance practice with London partner hire.

DWF—Stephen Webb

DWF—Stephen Webb

Partner and head of national planning team appointed

mfg Solicitors—Nick Little

mfg Solicitors—Nick Little

Corporate team expands in Birmingham with partner hire

NEWS
The High Court’s refusal to recognise a prolific sperm donor as a child’s legal parent has highlighted the risks of informal conception arrangements, according to Liam Hurren, associate at Kingsley Napley, in NLJ this week
The Court of Appeal’s decision in Mazur may have settled questions around litigation supervision, but the profession should not simply ‘move on’, argues Jennifer Coupland, CEO of CILEX, in this week's NLJ
A simple phrase like ‘subject to references’ may not protect employers as much as they think. Writing in NLJ this week, Ian Smith, barrister and emeritus professor of employment law at UEA, analyses recent employment cases showing how conditional job offers can still create binding contracts

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

Medical reporting organisation fees have become ‘the final battleground’ in modern costs litigation, says Kris Kilsby, costs lawyer at Peak Costs and council member of the Association of Costs Lawyers, in this week's NLJ
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