The European Court of Human Rights has held that bullying at work can violate Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which guarantees the right to respect for private and family life. Where domestic mechanisms do not provide sufficient protections, they can violate a state’s positive obligations under Article 8. The case concerned […]

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The Court of Appeal recently upheld a tribunal decision that paranoid delusions because of their episodic nature did not establish disability in Sullivan v Bury Street Capital Limited [2021] EWCA Civ 1694 (16 November 2021) (bailii.org). To qualify as being disabled under s.6 of the Equality Act 2010, a worker must have either a physical […]

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Uber have once again found themselves on the wrong side of the law, and the High Court’s latest decision represents an existential threat to the London gig economy as it has come to be recognised. The crux of the decision centred around the legality of the controversial business model adopted by Uber and other “ride-hailing” […]

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