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Don’t forget your normal day to day activities

There are many parts to the statutory definition of “disability” that need to be fulfilled before one can be deemed a “disabled person;” none less so than the effect of the impairment – physical and/or mental – on one’s normal day to day activities. Remember, we are concerned with a ‘statutory’ definition under the Equality Act 2010 (‘theContinue reading “Don’t forget your normal day to day activities”

Hillsborough 15 April 1989

by Ryan Clement Writing about this day has been difficult on so many levels. Firstly, on a basic human level. Watching this tragedy unfold before my very eyes on television was painful on a level for which I do not possess the words that could accurately describe and reflect the degree of pain felt andContinue reading “Hillsborough 15 April 1989”

Institutional Racism

by Ryan Clement The term, ‘institutional racism,’ was not written about in the first edition of my book, ‘Race Relations in Employment Law – Put Simply in Black and White.‘ It was a conscious decision because, as confirmed by the Employment Appeal Tribunal, “There is no statutory or other offence consisting of a body beingContinue reading “Institutional Racism”