Category Archives: Rambling

Equality Act 2010 – there is an actual devil in the detail

Posted on July 6, 2010 by Usefully Employed

Section 60(9) of the Equality Act 2010: “Work” means employment, contract work, a position as a partner, a position as a member of an LLP, a pupillage or tenancy, being taken as a devil, membership of a stable, an appointment … Continue reading →

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Pink Tape hosts Blawg Review #226

Posted on August 25, 2009 by Usefully Employed

For those of you who haven’t cast their net too wide into the online world of law resources, be aware of the regular Blawg Reviews, in which guest editors present a round-up of all that’s new on law blogs around … Continue reading →

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Saviour of Planet Earth

Posted on July 20, 2009 by Usefully Employed

Those of you who enjoyed my post 18 months ago on celebrity egotist, hypocrite and pregnant-chef sacker Trudie Styler might have been wondering what she’s been up to since. Don’t worry! The wickedly ascerbic Marina Hyde of the Guardian’s Lost … Continue reading →

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More discussion on the future of legal services

Posted on July 19, 2009 by Usefully Employed

Legal Action Group magazine has an interesting article on Legal Disciplinary Partnerships in which it derides the Law Gazette for playing one-upmanship with the Bar on their relative speed of reform to meet the changing world of legal service provision, … Continue reading →

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Will the BNP hire BME employees?

Posted on June 11, 2009 by Usefully Employed

Whether or not the Race Relations Act 1976 applies to membership of political parties is uncertain, hence the British National Party’s policy of refusing entry admit non-white members continues unchallenged for the moment. The Guardian reports that this may be … Continue reading →

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The Rule of Law

Posted on June 10, 2009 by Usefully Employed

Charon QC references an article in the Law Gazette talking of a speech given by Lord Phillips on the rule of law. The rule of law is a concept poorly understood by most in our country, yet it underpins our … Continue reading →

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Daniel Barnett reaches milestone

Posted on April 23, 2009 by Usefully Employed

Part of the lack of updates to this blog recently means I’m late reporting on a true employment law internet luminary reaching a real milestone. Daniel Barnett, barrister at 1 Temple Gardens, has been sending email employment law bulletins to … Continue reading →

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Regulation of solicitors

Posted on March 11, 2009 by Usefully Employed

It’s been a common view for a while that SRA regulation: is inappropriately one-size-fits-all, with the same requirements of High Street solo practices and of magic circle firms; that the regulation they practice is more suited to the former. Jordan … Continue reading →

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Sir Fred’s pension – protected by Human Rights?

Posted on March 2, 2009 by Usefully Employed

Most lawyers felt unease as they watched Harriet Harman tell Andrew Marr that: Sir Fred should not be counting on being £650,000 a year better off as a result of this because it’s not going to happen. The Prime Minister … Continue reading →

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Don’t lie beyond your intellectual capacity…

Posted on February 20, 2009 by Usefully Employed

One of my colleagues in chambers had a case recently where the employer claimed to have completed and issued a proforma written warning in mid-2007. The employee claimed never to have seen the document before the tribunal proceedings. So how … Continue reading →

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