Rachel Crasnow QC will deliver a talk about Pregnancy, Maternity and Parental Rights, including an update on shared parental leave. Robin Allen QC will give an update about discrimination because of religion or belief and sexual orientation discrimination.

The Human Rights Law Association Annual Lecture is open to everyone. The chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, David Isaac, will talk about the state of human rights in modern Britain. Leading the conversation will be Cloister's Schona Jolly QC.

Dee Masters gave oral evidence to the Women and Equalities Committee today (10 January 2018) concerning ways in which the law could be modified so as to improve the recruitment and retention of older workers.

Experienced employment, discrimination and equality barrister, Claire McCann, will host the above session in Manchester tomorrow evening (Tuesday 9th January).

Human rights and equalities lawyer Schona Jolly QC warns that the government’s refusal to incorporate the EU Charter of Rights into UK law will weaken human rights protections.

The Court of Appeal has today (21 December 2017) given judgment in the much awaited “are judges workers?” case of Gilham v MOJ. Rachel Crasnow QC, Rachel Barrett and Chris Milsom acted for the intervenor.

The EAT will hear the appeal in Ali v Capita Customer Management Ltd today on the issue of whether employers who offer enhanced maternity pay must also offer enhanced Shared Parental Pay.  The joined appeal of Hextall v Chief Constable of Leicestershire Police will take place in January 2018.  Siân McKinley considers the significance of these appeals in this blog.

The Employment Appeal Tribunal will hear the appeal in Ali v Capita Customer Management Ltd tomorrow, Wednesday 20th December, on the issue of whether employers who offer enhanced maternity pay must also offer enhanced shared parental pay. The joined appeal of Hextall v Chief Constable of Leicestershire Police will take place in January 2018.

Schona Jolly QC appeared on BBC World News today to discuss human rights concerns of the Rohingya refugee crisis in Myanmar.

Human rights and equalities barrister Schona Jolly QC has written an opinion piece in The Guardian about the profound flaws with the EU Withdrawal Bill and why lawyers, in particular, are worried. 

Cloisters is delighted to announce that Ed Williams and Tom Coghlin have been successful in the 2017 silk competition.

Robin Allen QC and Dee Masters from Cloisters consider the interplay between technology and discrimination law in this article.

Denial of UK State Pension to male-to-female trans pensioner without a Gender Recognition Certificate constitutes direct sex discrimination contrary to EU Directive 79/7.

Anna Beale discusses the Supreme Court’s interpretation of the time limit provisions contained in the Human Rights Act 1998 in O’Connor v Bar Standards Board [2017] UKSC 78

Tom Brown acts in an Industrial Tribunal in Belfast has upheld a £1m claim that Ulster University failed to consult about collective redundancies, following a two-week trial.