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

Simon Goldberg, appeared on ITV News discussing the judgment in the Associated Newspapers litigation brought by Prince Harry et al. National broadcasters regularly seek specialist legal perspectives to help audiences understand complex court decisions and their wider implications and this latest appearance reflects Simon's established reputation as a highly respected Commercial Media Lawyer.
Read morePaul Glassberg and Al Zucker join us this month as we continue to invest in our Corporate & Finance practice in response to growing client demand. Their combined experience further strengthens our ability to advise on mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital investments, fundraising, corporate advisory matters and other strategic transactions.
Read moreWe are delighted that Saul Lehrfreund and Parvais Jabbar have been appointed to the House of Lords as life peers, recognising their outstanding contributions to human rights, access to justice and criminal justice reform.
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