In this edition:
• A Polish employee succeeds in a direct race discrimination claim against his employer and a colleague after an ET finds the colleague told him in “essence” that his daughter or his family should go back to Poland.
• The CAC has rejected a claim that contract workers providing services at the University of London should be entitled to bargain collectively with the University, as the University is, in effect, their employer.
• New research from Stonewall focusing on the experiences of 870 trans and non-binary people by YouGov, reveals the daily discrimination faced by trans people, with 51% admitting to hiding their identity at work.
• The Disclosure and Barring Service have launched a new online
Co- Head of the Music Department Alasdair George acted for the founder of Cooking Vinyl, Martin Goldschmidt, on the sale of the company to US-based Exceleration Music.
Read moreSMB is pleased to have advised Ryft, in its successful £5.7m round of funding. This takes the total investments received to over £7 million.
Read moreSMB acted for Vice Studios in its purchase of drama production company Cuba Pictures from agency Curtis Brown.
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