Discrimination in Public Law Training

Discrimination in Public Law Training

29 September | 6pm - 7.30pm | Online

This online seminar will cover recent developments in discrimination in public law. It will use recent caselaw to reiterate the important legal and procedural principles under the Equality Act 2010, the public sector equality duty, Article 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), EU law, and public law equal treatment.

It will include talks focusing on specific areas of practice, including immigration, asylum support and social welfare law. It will do so to illustrate discrimination principles that apply to any other area of public law.

It is aimed at all levels of public law practitioner.

Topics include: 

• Recent important caselaw in domestic courts and Strasbourg. 
• Systemic challenges: legislation and policy. 
• Procedure and remedies, including what evidence you will need, time limits and s.31(2A) SCA 1981. 
• Immigration, asylum and asylum support: recent developments and potential future challenges. 
• Social welfare: recent developments and potential future challenges.
• Algorithms and databases as indirect discrimination, and the need to assess discriminatory impact. 
• The implications of For Women Scotland, trans discrimination, and gender-critical beliefs.
   

The speakers are Adam Straw KC and Shu Shin Luh from Doughty Street Chambers, and Tom Royston from Garden Court North. 

Attendees will receive the recording and slides.

Register here.