It was reported in the UK press just before Christmas that Marks and Spencer was forced to apologise to a customer after a Muslim employee refused to handle alcohol and so declined, politely and apologetically, to serve a customer trying to buy a bottle of champagne. This issue caused a bit of a Twitter storm, … Continue Reading
Mixed news on the discrimination front last with what should be the last knockings of Seldon v Clarkson Wright & Jakes, the age claim brought by a partner compulsorily retired from a firm of solicitors. The Employment Tribunal first ruled on this one in late 2007. In the interim it has been up to the … Continue Reading
A Partner in a law firm who was compulsorily retired at age 65 under the terms of the firm’s Partnership agreement will this week have his age discrimination complaint heard by the Supreme Court – the highest level of appeal in the United Kingdom. Seldon v Clarkson Wright & Jakes has already been through three … Continue Reading
