Latest news
Latest news from our Employment department.
- January 2008- Paul Daniels comments on the landmark victory of his client who was discrminated against for not being able to use Chip-and-Pin Read the article in full
- January 2008- Samantha Mangwana wins case for deaf applicant who was turned down despite being the perfect man for the job. Read the Press Release
- January 2008- John Sturzaker comments for the BBC on his client, the prison officer, who blew the whistle and suffered mistreatment from her colleagues Read the article in full
- January 2008- A client of John Sturzaker has won her claim that she was subjected to detriment by H.M. Prison Service because she was a whistleblower. Read The Press Release
- November 2007- Mohini Bharania's client has won her case of sex discrimination against the Force after being subjected to offensive and sexual remarks and exposure to inappropriate material on duty. Read the article in full
- November 2007- Just over a year after new age discrimination laws came into play Harriet Bowtell asks if age discrimination can ever be justified. Read the article in Full
- November 2007- Jasmine Johal 's client has taken her employer, the City of London Corporation, to an employment tribunal claiming indirect sex discrimination by rejecting a claim of flexible working. Read the Press Release
- November 2007- Mohini Bharania's client has won her case of sex discrimination against the Force after being subjected to offensive and sexual remarks and exposure to inappropriate material on duty. Read the Press Release
- November 2007- The Age and Employment Network issued a bulletin in which they informed members about a 'Stay' on Mandatory Retirement Tribunal Cases Ordered. Arpita Dutt Comments on this. Read her comments.
- November 2007- Greta Mallinson's client who claimed disability discrimination against his employer after being refused access to a scheme designed to give long-serving officers an option to be retained by the Force beyond their usual retirement age has won his claim for disability discrimination. Read the Press Release and Read the Article
- October 2007 - Claire Dawson wrote an article for Accountancy Age entitled "Has the Age Discrimination Act worked?"
- September 2007- Legal Week write an article on the appointment of John Marshall to the employment department. Read the article
- September 2007- Arpita Dutt's client wins case for race discrimination, harrassment, victimisation and unfair dismissal against Camden Council. Read the Article
- September 2007- The Employment team top the table in the Legal 500 in a league of their own. Read the Press Release
- August 2007- The award-winning Employment team achieved two of the highest Employment Tribunal awards for unlawful discrimination in 2006. Read the Press Release
- June 2007- Another major accolade for RJW's Employment Team as they are voted runner's up at The Lawyer Magazine Award. Read the article in full
- June 2007- Samantha Mangwana updates us on recent changes in the laws surrounding maternity care under the Work and Families Act 2006 in New Gen Magazine. Read the article in full
- May 2007- The Employment team has been short listed for the top Employment prize in The Lawyer magazine's annual award event. Read the Press Release
- May 2007- Emma Hawsworth wrote an article in Midwives regarding pregnacy discrimination at work. Read the article in full.
- April 2007- Samantha Mangwana comments on her clients case who is taking action against her former employer, BNP Paribas, for sex discrimination in the Times Online. Read the article in full
- April 2007- Edward Cooper comments on the case of a 67-year-old NHS employee who was sacked the day before new age discrimination regulations protecting older workers came into force and who now has won her job back. Read the article in full
- April 2007- Edward Cooper comments on the uses of technology and how it affects the workforce. Read the article in full
- April 2007- The Employment Lawyers Association sets out key employment law changes taking place in April 2007. Read More Details
- March 2007- Paul Daniels comments in the Financial Times about his client Lewis Findlay's second front in his multi-million-pound legal battle against the financial services firm that he left last year. Read the article in Full.
- March 2007- Deidre Knox answered a readers question in the Financial Times regarding the use of foreign workers in the building industry. Read the article in full
- March 2007 - Arpita Dutt commented on an article in the Times Online regarding the Government being ordered to amend sex equality laws.
- February 2007 - Julie Morris was featured on Sky News talking about the Equality Review the Government's recent study
- February 2007 - Barry Clarke will speak at a Wales TUC conference at the All Nations Centre in Cardiff on Equal Pay. Read the full presentation.
- February 2007 - Arpita Dutt spoke at the Faith and Homophobia Conference on Saturday 17th February. Arpita spoke about cases of discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation and religion or belief.
- February 2007 - Clive Howard has written his opinion on Age Discrimination in law firms, citing Freshfields as an example for the Laywer. Read the article in full.
- January 2007 - Clive Howard has commented on Peter Bloxham's Age Discrimination case against Freshfields for the Times Online. Read the article in full.
- January 2007 - Harriet Bowtell answers a Financial Times reader's question. This question focuses on land redevelopment and the possible issues surrounding staff already employed and working on the site. Read the article in full.
- December 2006 - Legal developments mean more disgruntled City employees are likely to take their companies to court this year writes Claire Dawson of the Employment department. Read the Financial Times article.
- December 2006 - Emma Hawksworth has written an article for the Solicitors Journal on the implications of the Cadman result. Read the article in full.
- December 2006 - Clive Howard has written an article for the Financial News. The article focuses on bonuses in the City anfd potential claims for those that are dismissed just before the end of the bonus year. Read the article in full.
