An overview of equality duties
Course level: Intermediate
CPD: 0.75
Date of recording: 11th October, 2011
Course aims
This course provides an overview of the main issues in play when judicial review proceedings are brought against local authorities on equalities grounds following the increasing number of challenges to budget cuts.
In particular, it examines the implications of three recent landmark judgments in this area - R (Brown) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and another [2008], R(W) v Birmingham City Council and another [2011] and JG and MB v Lancashire County Council [2011] . He also outlines developments in the scope and content of consultation processes.
Having studied this course, students should have gained a broad overview of the main arguments being used against local authorities when they reduce funding or cut services, and how local authorities can try to ensure that future judicial reviews against similar decisions can be resisted.
Contents
• R (Brown) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and another [2008] EWHC 3158 (Admin)
• Public Sector Equality Duty – Section 149 (1) Equality Act 2010
• R (Brown) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and another [2008] EWHC 3158 (Admin)
• R (W) v Birmingham City Council and another [2011] EWHC 1147 (Admin)
• JG and MB v Lancashire County Council [2011] EWHC 2295 (Admin)
• Public Sector Equality Duties – What now?
• Consultation – an overview
• Factors to consider in the consultation process
• Equality Impact Assessments
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ABOUT THE PRESENTER
Paul Jonson
Paul is Head of the Dispute Resolution and Regulatory division and the Dispute Resolution team at Pannone.
The Dispute Resolution team comprises of over 40 lawyers, including partners. Paul qualified in 1994 and has specialised in commercial litigation and arbitration since that time.
Paul’s practice encompasses the following areas:
• boardroom “bust ups”
• breach of restrictive covenants
• commercial fraud
• defamation and privacy claims
• franchise litigation
• freezing injunctions
• intellectual property disputes
• misuse of confidential information issues
• partnership and LLP disputes
• professional negligence claims
• search and seize injunctions
• shareholder disputes
• unfair prejudice petitions
• warranty claims
The majority of disputes in which Paul becomes involved never reach court. Paul is an enthusiastic supporter of alternative dispute resolution techniques such as mediation. Paul first mediated a dispute in 2000 and has settled dozens of cases at mediation since then.
In November 2010 Paul was awarded Mediation Champion of the Year by CEDR (a leading mediation services provider) in recognition of his commitment to mediation.
Paul is regarded as a Leader in the Field of commercial litigation in the North West and the Chambers UK Guide has described Paul as ‘focussed, thorough, persistent and knowledgeable’ and ‘commercial and very good with clients’.
In 2009 Paul obtained a Post-Graduate Diploma in Commercial Intellectual Property Law from Nottingham Law School.
In 2010 Paul was appointed as a Deputy District Judge on the Northern Circuit.
Contact:
Paul Jonson, Partner
Tel: 0161 909 4535
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