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NLJ this week: A clash of rights & protected characteristics

22 October 2021
Issue: 7953 / Categories: Legal News , Equality , Human rights
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Sometimes the rights and protected characteristics of individuals clash, with neither party willing to budge

Writing in this week’s NLJ, Nicholas Dobson considers one such case, that of an independent evangelical Christian fostering and adoption agency which required its carers to abstain from ‘homosexual behaviour’, which it deemed a ‘sexual sin’.

Dobson looks at the details of the case and accompanying relevant case law. Competing civil and human rights is an evergreen issue. In this case, however, the story is not over―an application to appeal has been made to the Supreme Court, so the issue may go to the highest court in the land. 

Issue: 7953 / Categories: Legal News , Equality , Human rights
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Serious injury teambolstered by high-profile partner hire

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Firm strengthens employment team with partner hire

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

Lawyers’ liability practice strengthened with partner appointment in London

NEWS
Ceri Morgan, knowledge counsel at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP, analyses the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Johnson v FirstRand Bank Ltd, which reshapes the law of fiduciary relationships and common law bribery
The boundaries of media access in family law are scrutinised by Nicholas Dobson in NLJ this week
Reflecting on personal experience, Professor Graham Zellick KC, Senior Master of the Bench and former Reader of the Middle Temple, questions the unchecked power of parliamentary privilege
Geoff Dover, managing director at Heirloom Fair Legal, sets out a blueprint for ethical litigation funding in the wake of high-profile law firm collapses
James Grice, head of innovation and AI at Lawfront, explores how artificial intelligence is transforming the legal sector
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