Month: April 2012

Age Discrimination and Cost Factors: Woodcock v Cumbria Primary Care Trust

In the recent Court of Appeal case of Woodcock v Cumbria Primary Care Trust, the Court of Appeal upheld the Employment Tribunal’s and Employment Appeal Tribunal’s judgments that the Trust’s decision to dismiss Mr Woodcock without proper consultation to avoid his entitlement to enhanced pension was not unlawful age discrimination because the treatment was objectively …   Read more


High Court Upholds Ban on “Political” Christian Radio Ad: London Christian Radio v RACC and the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport

The High Court last week dismissed a judicial review application brought by two Christian media companies seeking to overturn the decision of the Radio Advertising Clearance Centre (RACC) to refuse clearance of a radio ad which the RACC considered to be in breach of the ban on political advertising contained in sections 319 and 321 …   Read more