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Further accommodation for religious conscience 'unacceptable'

Protect equality laws from 'religious onslaught'

Further accommodation for religious conscience is unacceptable, says society

The Equality and Human Rights Commission should not intervene in the European Court of Human Rights in support of claimants in religious discrimination cases, a leading not-for-profit equality organisation has said.

Blanket ban on working after 60 is age discrimination

A blanket prohibition on airline pilots working after they have reached the age of 60 is unlawful, the European Court of Justice has ruled.

Counting the cost

Lyssa Barber considers the impact on the investment industry of the retail distribution review

Referral fees ban welcomed by most

'Knee-jerk reaction' will push fees underground, APIL predicts

Generation gap

The LPC equips young lawyers for the commercial world but leaves them without fully developed family law skills, says Marilyn Stowe as she despairs of her potential trainees

Sweet tangerine

The Court of Appeal's ruling on the foreseeability of risk may represent a softening of the position in favour of defendants in health and safety prosecutions, but at least it provides much-needed clarification of the law, say Gareth McManus and Mark Balysz

Nothing but the truth

With judges showing growing displeasure at litigants found in contempt of court, solicitors ought to take particular care in how they record their advice to clients, says Clare Arthurs