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Daily Archives: June 26, 2017

The Barnett Formula and the Coalition

The main headline that emerged from the ‘confidence and supply’ agreement that was recently announced between the Conservative party and the Democratic Unionist Party was that Northern Ireland would be granted an extra £1billion over the next two years. The decision has been met with

Essop v Home Office; Naeem v SoS for Justice [2017] UKSC 27

In these conjoined appeals the question for the Supreme Court concerned indirect discrimination. This is where an employer puts a provision in place for all employees but the overall effect is particularly disadvantageous for certain groups with protected characteristics. Essop was required to pass a