Law Society launch conveyancing quality ...
Posted by admin in News Items on 10 22nd, 2010 | Comments Off
22 October 2010 The Law Society today announced that it is to launch a conveyancing quality scheme (CQS) to help homebuyers and sellers. The scheme is supported by the Council of Mortgage Lenders, the Building Societies Association and the Association of British Insurers. The CQS is a quality standard...
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SRA launches further handbook consultati...
Posted by admin in News Items on 10 22nd, 2010 | Comments Off
22 October 2010 The SRA yesterday launched a consultation paper setting out a unified regulatory Handbook for both traditional law firms and ABSs. The consultation is the fourth issued by the SRA on fundamental changes to the way in which solicitors and firms are regulated, to take effect from October...
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Finding a new job...
Posted by admin in Finding a New Job on 10 20th, 2010 | Comments Off
Times are tough, though you probably already knew that, and the sad fact of life at present is that very few jobs are guaranteed and secure. The result is that more and more lawyers are finding themselves in the position of needing to find a new job. Unfortunately the state of the market is such that...
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SRA appoints Chief Adviser on City law f...
Posted by admin in News Items on 10 19th, 2010 | Comments Off
19 October 2010 The SRA announced yesterday that former Linklaters partner Nick Eastwell will take on the role of the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s Chief Adviser on City law firms. Eastwell, who spent 29 years with Linklaters, 21 as a partner, will provide expert advice to the SRA executive...
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First firms sign up for SRA relationship...
Posted by admin in News Items on 10 19th, 2010 | Comments Off
19 October 2010 Six law firms have been selected to take part in the first wave of the SRA’s?relationship management pilot, to test a new model of supervision in preparation for outcomes-focused regulation. The firms range from a global firm to a sole practitioner, so that the approach can...
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Making reasonable adjustments under the ...
Posted by admin in Making Reasonable Adjustments on 10 19th, 2010 | Comments Off
The duty to make a reasonable adjustment The Equality Act 2010, as did the Disability Discrimination Acts before it, requires that employers, public authorities, associations and the providers of goods, facilities and services make what are known as reasonable adjustments for those with a disability...
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Introduction to Equality Act 2010...
Posted by admin in Introduction to Equality Act on 10 14th, 2010 | Comments Off
Equality and diversity has always been an important issue for law firms of all types and sizes, and those who have embraced equality in its fullest sense have usually found that their practice has improved as a result, and that its staff and clients have benefited. However, in addition to the general...
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Protected characteristics and the Equali...
Posted by admin in Protected characteristics on 10 14th, 2010 | Comments Off
The main part of the Equality Act begins by setting out what it describes as protected characteristics. These are to be found in Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the Equality Act and are: age; disability; gender reassignment; marriage and civil partnership; pregnancy and maternity; race; religion or belief; sex; sexual...
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Prohibited conduct and the Equality Act ...
Posted by admin in Prohibited conduct on 10 14th, 2010 | Comments Off
Chapter 2 of Part 2 of the Equality Act deals with what it describes as prohibited conduct. In other words it sets out what it regards as discriminatory activity. As well as some familiar terms, such as direct discrimination and harassment, the Equality Act also contains some new forms of discrimination...
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Adjustments for disabled persons under t...
Posted by admin in Adjustments for disabled persons on 10 14th, 2010 | Comments Off
In addition to discriminatory conduct, chapter 2 of the Equality Act also deals with adjustments which must be made for those with a disability. This draws together all of the previous duties to which suppliers and employers were subject, and extends them further. This section looks in outline at those...
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Barristers and advocates provisions in t...
Posted by admin in Barristers and advocates on 10 14th, 2010 | Comments Off
The Equality Act continues to make provisions specifically for barristers and advocates, as did the previous legislation. The provisions are to be found principally in sections 47 and 48, although there is a provision relating to positive action in respect of barristers and advocates (see below) in...
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Positive Action and the Equality Act 201...
Posted by admin in Positive Action on 10 14th, 2010 | Comments Off
As with earlier legislation, the Equality Act allows employers and others to take positive action if they believe that employees or job applicants who share certain protected characteristics are experiencing a disadvantage which is linked to that characteristic or are not participating sufficiently...
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Pre-employment health related checks...
Posted by admin in Pre-employment health related checks on 10 14th, 2010 | Comments Off
We have already touched on these briefly in the section above dealing with discrimination on the basis of disability but will now consider the provision in slightly more detail. You need to be logged in to see this part of the post Username: Password:
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