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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

Muckle LLP—Rachael Chapman

Muckle LLP—Rachael Chapman

Sports, education and charities practice welcomes senior associate

Ellisons—Carla Jones

Ellisons—Carla Jones

Partner and head of commercial litigation joins in Chelmsford

Freeths—Louise Mahon

Freeths—Louise Mahon

Firm strengthens Glasgow corporate practice with partner hire

NEWS
One in five in-house lawyers suffer ‘high’ or ‘severe’ work-related stress, according to a report by global legal body, the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC)
The Legal Ombudsman’s (LeO’s) plea for a budget increase has been rejected by the Law Society and accepted only ‘with reluctance’ by conveyancers
Overcrowded prisons, mental health hospitals and immigration centres are failing to meet international and domestic human rights standards, the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) has warned
Two speedier and more streamlined qualification routes have been launched for probate and conveyancing professionals
Workplace stress was a contributing factor in almost one in eight cases before the employment tribunal last year, indicating its endemic grip on the UK workplace
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