Discrimination, The Winds of Change
By Bellamy Forde
1 May 2012
There is a wind of change blowing through employment law landscape. Employers need to think carefully during all stages of the employment relationship before taking any steps. View Post
The police actions team has recently been successful in obtaining a settlement from the Independent Police Complaints Commission of a judicial review application before the High Court. The application concerned the failure of the IPCC to uphold our client’s complaint regarding the lawfulness of his arrest and the use of stop and search. View Post
There is a wind of change blowing through employment law landscape.
By Bellamy Forde
27 March 2012
Employers need to think carefully during all stages of the employment relationship before taking any steps.
The law recognises six forms of discrimination; namely sex, race, age, religion and sexual orientation. Despite discrimination law having been with us for some time, there has been a perception that Employment Tribunals have struggled to interpret the law, reflected by modest levels of success for claimants appearing before them.
Better Luck Next time – The Financial Conduct Authority
By Stephen Gilchrist
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) was the dream child of the incoming Labour government in 1997- the ultimate answer to City regulation.
Previously (as TV mini series would have it), it was Margaret Thatcher’s own financial offspring, the Securities and Investment Board (SIB) that was the great white hope of financial regulation which was to deal with the rapid changes affecting the financial services industry in the early 1980s. It died young.
By Stephen Gilchrist
2012 started badly for about 400 investors who placed £25 million with Ark Business Consulting and who stand to lose millions of pounds in a fraudulent pension “unlocking” scheme. Pension schemes have coming under the spotlight in recent months as a result of scrutiny by the combined might of the Pension Regulator, the FSA and HMRC. Last year both the FSA and HMRC warned investors of the risks they face when accessing pension funds before they reach age 55. View Post