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Is my disability a shield against performance management?

20 August 2025

Yes and no. Yes, because your employer must make allowances for the impact of your disability on your ability to do your job and in particular is legally obliged to make reasonable adjustments that will permit your full and effective participation in the workplace. Where employees and employers sometimes come to blows is in not […]

If I work in higher education can my employer force me to sign an NDA as part of any settlement?

18 August 2025

Not if your complaint relates to sexual misconduct or other bullying or harassment. On 1 August 2025 section 1 of the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023 came into force. This legislation prevents English providers of higher education from entering into NDAs (non-disclosure agreements) with staff, students, members or visiting speakers in relation to […]

EHRC expected to issue guidance banning trans women from single-sex spaces

15 August 2025

It was reported in The Times and other media in early August that the EHRC Guidance is likely to suggest a ban on trans women using single-sex spaces. This news was widely covered in the press and caused much consternation among commentators. The furore led to the Chief Executive of the EHRC, John Kirkpatrick, writing […]

ChatGPT says I can get aggravated damages

13 August 2025

I’m a late adopter of AI and have buried my head in the sand over it for quite some time. I don’t remember what finally pushed me into finding out more about it but I picked up Richard Susskind’s How To Think About AI at an airport and have not been able to put it […]

Correspondence with legal adviser could not be relied upon by claimant under iniquity exception

8 August 2025

The appellant in the case of Shawcross v SMG Europe Holdings Ltd & Ors was dismissed on 28 April 2023. Two days before her dismissal she was inadvertently copied into email correspondence between SMG Europe and their legal representative. There were seven emails in the chain which Ms Shawcross sought to rely on to support […]

First decision to follow the Supreme Court decision in For Women Scotland

6 August 2025

Haynes v The English Blackpool Pool Association is the first court decision to follow the Supreme Court decision in For Women Scotland. The pool association decided to exclude transgender women (biological males) from competing in the female category. Harriet Haynes, a trans woman, alleged that her exclusion amounted to direct gender reassignment discrimination and brought […]

Court of Appeal decision on race discrimination & the respondent’s duty to discharge the burden of proof

4 August 2025

In Leicester City Council v Parmar the Court of Appeal has confirmed that Mrs Parmar was directly discriminated against because of race. Mrs Parmar had been subjected to a disciplinary investigation, the allegations around which were vague. Mrs Parmar’s belief was that she was being treated differently than her white colleagues who were in similar […]

How serious does the last straw have to be when claiming constructive dismissal?

1 August 2025

It does not have to be a serious breach in its own right. The case of Marshall v McPherson concerned a night-shift HGV driver who raised repeated concerns about his workload and his inability to take breaks. His employer was not particularly helpful initially, telling him to manage the issue himself but later sent someone […]

#SarahSurviving: GCS v The Survivors’ Network

28 July 2025

For more than three years’ didlaw has supported the rape and sexual abuse survivor, turned feminist campaigner #SarahSurviving with her claims for harassment and indirect discrimination against the rape crisis service, The Survivors’ Network. The facts of #SarahSurviving’s case can be found here: Help Sarah’s Legal Challenge to Secure Female Only Rape Crisis Therapy The […]