The Bar Standards Board (“the BSB”) has initiated a consultation on proposed changes to the Code of Conduct, the professional rules which apply to all barristers, including non-practising ones. There are a range of proposed alterations; perhaps the most significant is, “to ensure that all barristers have a duty to promote equality, diversity and inclusion … Continue reading "BSB Answers on Equality Duty Proposed Changes" The post BSB Answers on Equality Duty Proposed Changes first app...|
The Bar Standards Board (“the BSB”) has initiated a consultation on proposed changes to the Code of Conduct, the professional rules which apply to all barristers, including non-practising ones. There are a range of proposed alterations; perhaps the most significant is, “to ensure that all barristers have a duty to promote equality, diversity and inclusion … Continue reading "BSB Consultation on Equality Rules – Legal Feminist Questions" The post BSB Consultation on Equality Rules ...|
The hearing next week before the Supreme Court of For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers is a big deal. Previous cases in the appellate courts have had serious implications for the impact of gender reassignment on women’s rights. Three in particular spring to mind: Croft v Royal Mail Group (2003), in which the Court of … Continue reading "FWS v Scottish Ministers: what to read before the hearing" The post FWS v Scottish Ministers: what to read before the hearing first appeared on .|
I wrote last week about why it’s necessary to keep all men out of spaces that are supposed to be for women only. I ended, on the subject of women traumatised by male violence: Obviously it’s not acceptable to say to such women “You can’t have any single-sex spaces”. But is it better to say … Continue reading "Sex and deception" The post Sex and deception first appeared on .|
I want to apply yesterday’s dazzling insight that peanuts have to be left out of peanut-free meals to the words of the Equality Act and the specific question before the Supreme Court in For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers, to be heard later this month. This is another fairly short point, though a little more … Continue reading "Discrimination law and the experimental method" The post Discrimination law and the experimental method first appeared on .|
There’s an aspect of the FWS case (For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers) due to be heard later this month in the Supreme Court that is so childishly simple that one worries that the cleverest judges in the land may be too clever for it. This isn’t about the legal arguments that the Court will … Continue reading "Sex, peanuts and statutory interpretation" The post Sex, peanuts and statutory interpretation first appeared on .|
Ever since the financial crisis, statements of values, mission statements and Codes of Conduct have proliferated like the most determined weed among pretty much every financial organisation. Changing the culture was the focus of regulators and senior management. What better way to start than to have a wonderful statement saying how well you would behave … Continue reading "Where Are Your Values Now?" The post Where Are Your Values Now? first appeared on .|
A GUIDE TO NAVIGATING UK LAW ON SINGLE-SEX TOILET, WASHING & CHANGING FACILITIES IN WORKPLACES & IN SERVICES PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC The post SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE first appeared on .|
The key to good crowd-funding is information, and transparency. We want to suggest some rules of thumb. The post Crowd-funding: transparency and trust first appeared on .|
The decision in A v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire [2004] UKHL 21, [2005] 1 AC 51 has been the subject of much recent analysis by those involved, and those interested, in the hearing before the Supreme Court in For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers. The Scottish Ministers (Respondent) and Amnesty International (intervening) have relied … Continue reading "A v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire and the transformed landscape of consent" The post A v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire and...|