January 2018

• Government loses Judges' pensions legal challenge
  Employment Appeals Tribunal upholds ruling that the Ministry of Justice had treated and continued to treat claimants 'less favourably than their comparators because of their age' 29 January 2018
• Landmark High Court case begins over alleged abuses by UK-based mining company in Sierra Leone
  A British Judge will travel to Sierra Leone to hear allegations against a mining company, which had its Headquarters in the UK and is accused of complicity in the killing, rape, assault and false imprisonment of workers and villagers in the country 26 January 2018
• ‘Unlawful' closure of Dubs Amendment: permission to appeal granted
  Help Refugees has won the right to appeal the Government’s decision to relocate only 480 lone refugee children under the Dubs Amendment. 25 January 2018
• Ernst and Young face legal challenge after 'forcing out' partner following Dubai gold audit
  Law firm Leigh Day is representing a former Ernst & Young partner in his legal claim following allegations he was forced out of the accountancy firm when he refused to acquiesce with an allegedly unlawful approach to a ‘conflict minerals audit’ of the Dubai-based Kaloti Jewellery International DMCC (Kaloti). 23 January 2018