Discrimination Law: Claims by equity partners

Employment tribunals are increasingly having to resolve discrimination claims brought against partnerships. Suzanne McKie and Laura Bell look at the key issues ‘When seeking to resolve disputes within a partnership structure, it is common to have informal “without-prejudice chats” between partners to keep disputes low-key.’It is fair to say that equity partners are becoming increasingly …
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Dispute Resolution: Are arbitration clauses unlawful?

Julian Yew reviews a recent case in which the High Court was asked for an injunction to prevent an employee from pursuing a claim while arbitration took place Employers’ ability to ‘contract out’ of their statutory obligations is limited by operation of law. In discrimination-related disputes, s144 Equality Act 2010 provides that a term of …
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