News and INsights
New instruction for Cloisters from the Labour Party
The Labour Party has instructed Tom Gillie, Rachel Barrett and Nathan Roberts from Cloisters to advise it in relation to ongoing sensitive internal complaints of alleged anti-semitism and sexual harassment against party members.
Patricia Hitchcock QC and Jacques Algazy QC appointed recorders
Patricia Hitchcock QC and Jacques Algazy QC have both been appointed to sit in the Crown Court.
Catherine Casserley represents 11 year old Ben Gleeson in £42,000 disability discrimination claim
Catherine Casserley represented Ben Gleeson and his family after Ben was told by his scout group that he could not go to camp or take part in athletics without supervision.
The gender pay gap: why its removal is a priority for today’s workplace
Rachel Crasnow QC will deliver a talk on the gender pay gap at a conference designed to give up-to-the-minute strategies and practical guidance to legal professionals.
Job interviews “ripe territory” for maternity discrimination
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has today published a new study revealing the extent of maternity and pregnancy discrimination in recruitment.
ELA - Disability discrimination, how key concepts have been clarified in the last year
Specialist equality, discrimination, employment and human rights barrister Catherine Casserley will speak at an upcoming Employment Lawyers Association event.
Worker Status and Vicarious Liability: The Needfor Coherence
Sarah Fraser Butlin and Robin Allen QC have published a University of Cambridge Law Faculty working paper on Pimlico Plumbers and vicarious liability.
Disability in the Legal Professions
Cloister's John Horan will host the event. John will also deliver a talk entitled Disabled Barristers: Are You Stroppy?
Schona Jolly QC to address disability and equality in a post-Brexit UK
Schona Jolly QC spoke at the Business Disability Forum President’s Group Dinner on the implications of disability and equality in post-Brexit UK.
4th edition of Personal Injury Schedules: Calculating Damages published
A new edition of Personal Injury Schedules: Calculating Damages has been released. The updated text will take account of developments resulting from case law since the last edition in 2010.
Nathan Roberts appointed to the Attorney General's Panel of Counsel
Nathan Roberts has been appointed to the C Panel of Junior Counsel to the Crown in his first year of eligibility.
Closing the Race Employment and Pay Gaps: Levers for Change
The Equality and Diversity Forum and Cloisters are excited to host, Closing the Race Employment and Pay Gaps: Levers for Change.
Cloisters' barristers to appear in Supreme Court case on worker status
Robin Allen QC, Sally Robertson and Sarah Fraser Butlin have been instructed to intervene in the Supreme Court on behalf of the IWGB union in Pimlico Plumbers Ltd v Others v Smith.
Catherine Casserley instructed in Little Mix sign language row.
Catherine Casserley, an expert in disability discrimination is instructed for a deaf mother who is suing Little Mix promoter in sign language argument.