Wilmington Legal
Equality and Discrimination Law
Conference 2016:
Where Are We Now?
Bringing you right up to date on equality and discrimination –
not to be missed!
24 February 2016
Central London
6 CPD Hours
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Conference overview
The past year has seen no shortage of interesting and sometimes confusing
developments in equality and discrimination issues right across the board
from sport to goods and services and everything in between. There is
therefore always a need to keep up to date and on your toes when it comes
to understanding where we are right now with discrimination and equality.
This conference, brought to you in association with the members of 7
Bedford Row, will bring you up to date with where we find ourselves at the
start of 2016.
In particular, we will examine the continual conflict between our ability
to express our freedom of religion and belief and the restrictions that are
imposed upon us in order not to discriminate against others in the process,
how discrimination arising from disability has been interpreted through case
law and we look at the wider picture of equality and human rights.
If you want to bring yourself right up to date with where we are with equality
and discrimination in 2016, book your place on this conference!
Elaine Banton has specialised in employment and discrimination law from
the outset of her career, frequently representing Claimants and Respondents
in long running multi-strand discrimination matters as well as advising
public bodies on high level strategic/policy matters. She also has experience
of mediation, executive termination, restrictive covenants and injunctions.
Jonathan Bertram is often instructed at an early stage in potential
proceedings because of his ability to give practical and tactical advice. The
financial value of Jonathan’s cases has significantly increased in line with his
seniority and is often instructed as a junior in high value matters.
Dr Gregory Burke is described by clients as “extremely calm and kind”, with
“amazing skill” delivering results which “restore faith in the justice system“.
Gregory has an unusually advantageous background to becoming a barrister
having founded the UK’s largest disability-access information website: the
award-winningwww.disabledgo.com.
Andrea Chute, specialising in discrimination, has extensive experience in
a broad range of market sectors and has undertaken both claimant and
respondent work across a wide variety of differently sized organisations, with
her expertise being in complex and high value claims.
Catherine Rayner – ‘leader in her field’ Legal 500, Catherine has been a
contributor at seminars organized by the European Rights Academy at Trier
in Germany, training judges and lawyers from across Europe and a regular
contributor on discrimination for, among others, LAG Magazine.
Chair
Susan Belgrave, recommended as a leading employment barrister in
the Legal 500 and co-editor and contributor to ‘Remedies in Employment
Law’ published by the Law Society in December 2013. Susan is regularly
instructed by claimants as well as public authorities, schools and private
sector organisations on high profile discrimination claims.
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Speakers
James Robottom – multi-disciplinary practice including employment and
equality. Appointed to the EHRC’s Panel of Preferred Counsel (C Panel)
February 2015. James specialises in claims for compensation brought by
victims of human trafficking. In 2011 his report on prison conditions in
Jamaica was published by the Death Penalty Project.
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9.00 Registration
9.30 Chair’s Welcome and Introduction
Susan Belgrave
9.40 Race, Sex and Age Discrimination
Update
11.30 Refreshments
11.50 Discrimination in Goods and
Services – Where are we now after
5 years of the Equality Act 2010?
Complex issues arising from allegations of race,
sex and age discrimination continue to come
before the courts, often in the context of indirect
discrimination and the application of PCPs in
selection, promotion and redundancy exercises.
The question of whether testing which has an
unexplained adverse impact on some groups
can be lawful and the challenges of ensuring fair
process in all recruitment and selection exercises
will be examined in this session, drawing on
recent cases from the UK and the ECJ.
Catherine Rayner
From wedding cakes to weekends away – a
review of the discrimination caselaw affecting
goods and services, its implications and practical
top tips for managing cases.
Jonathan Bertram
10.40 Protection for Domestic and
Other Vulnerable Workers
What precisely is section 15 discrimination arising
from disability and when does s.15 come into play
in the work place? How can s.15 discrimination
be justified? What defences can employers
legitimately use? A tour of the case law so far
and what it tells us about the approach of the
Employment Tribunals to this new law.
Dr Gregory Burke
A series of recent appellate judgments have
considered discrimination law issues arising from
claims brought by victims of domestic servitude,
labour exploitation and human trafficking. This
talk will analyse the judgments in Hounga v Allen
[2014] ICR 847 and Taiwo v Olaigbe [2014] ICR
571, amongst others, in the context of the UK’s
relevant international law obligations. The talk will
identify the types of claims that may be available
for vulnerable workers in such situations and
discuss possible future developments in the law.
James Robottom
12.30 Q&A
12.45 Lunch
13.45 Discrimination Arising From
Disability: The New Frontier
2.30 Wider Equality and Human Rights?
A review of recent case law on equality and
human rights including Benkharbouche v Embassy
of the Republic of Sudan (CA) and Boyraz v Turkey
and in Ciorcan v Romania (ECtHR). She will also
discuss the implications of The Charter of
Fundamental Rights of the European Union in
light of the UK’s and CJEU’s increasing use of The
Charter in an employment law context.
Andrea Chute
3.15 Refreshments
3.30 Discrimination in Sport
This will cover the recent issues and
developments in discrimination in the field of
sport. Significant developments and the role
of various organisations at the intersection of
discrimination law and sport.
Elaine Banton
4.15 Conflicting Right: Religious
Discrimination and Sexual Orientation
A review of the recent case law of the ECJ and the
UK courts dealing with the thorny issue of when
and how religious beliefs can be manifested in the
workplace and in particular the tension between
rights of believers and right of others to equal
treatment irrespective of their sexual orientation.
Susan Belgrave
4.45 Chair’s Concluding Remarks and
Questions
Conference Close 5.00
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