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Read MoreInsightsPosts From May 2017

BPE Solicitors held their annual State of the Economy dinner at The Painswick Hotel on 11th May where business leaders expressed 'cautious optimism' for the future

BPE Solicitors and Brewin Dolphin invited private clients and some of the region's top businesses to a networking event with a difference.
The recent Employment Appeal Tribunal (the EAT) case of Kent Constabulary Police v Bowler considered whether Kent Police had discriminated against Mr Bowler on the grounds of race and focussed in particular on whether the poor handling of this grievance was evidence of this.
Read MoreIn this article Steve Conlay looks at the legal position where workers are unable to take their annual leave prior to the end of a holiday year either owing to sickness or reasons beyond their control.
Read MoreEmployment tribunal claims involving direct discrimination are a rare occurrence as it is often easy to identify when an employer is deliberately discriminating against a protected group. Because of this employers rarely commit direct discrimination. However, claims involving indirect discrimination are more common as indirect discrimination is normally harder to identify. A recent Supreme Court case has however clarified the test to prove indirect discrimination and highlighted how easily an employer can do something innocently and still be found to be indirectly discriminatory.
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