Discrimination Law Update

Wednesday 18th June 2014University of ChesterLaw School67 Liverpool Road, Chester, CH2 1AW

5:00pm - 7:00pm2 CPD Hours (Solicitors Regulation Authority)

Attendance is free but places are limitedTo book a place asap go to www.chester.ac.uk/FRED or e:mailchantal.davies@chester.ac.uk

Presents:

The Forum for Research into Equality and Diversity will be running a 2 hour updating seminar on recent developments within Discrimination Law. This will provide an update for lawyers, managers, and HR practitioners on key case law and legislative developments during 2013/2014. There will also be an opportunity to see what the future holds in relation to discrimination law and explore implications for practice of recent developments.

The event will be presented by Chantal Davies (Discrimination law expert and solicitor)

Forum for Research into Equality and Diversity: The University of Chester Law School has launched a new inter-disciplinary Forum for Research into Equality and Diversity. This Forum focusses on and specialises in research and knowledge transfer activities in the area of diversity and equality across a range of disciplines. The Forum provides a much needed knowledge transfer resource for local voluntary organisations, lawyers, HR practitioners, academics and businesses across the North West and beyond. During 2014, the Forum will be working with recognised experts to present a series of 2 hour long CPD accredited events on issues relating to equality and diversity. For further details of these events see the Forum website atwww.chester.ac.uk/FRED.

Chantal Davies: After graduating with a law degree from Oxford University, Chantal qualified as a solicitor with Eversheds in Cardiff specialising in Employment, Human Rights and Discrimination Law. She then moved on to practice as a Senior Solicitor in Davies Wallis Foyster in Manchester.

In 1998, she moved to work as a solicitor for the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) in Manchester heading up a Department tackling strategic and wider enforcement of the gender

equality legislation. Whilst working as a solicitor for the EOC, apart from undertaking a number of major legal test cases, including to the Court of Appeal and the European Court of Justice, she also gave several keynote lectures to leading national organisations.She has appeared on Legal Network television discussing the legal implications of the Part Time Workers regulations and on Einstein Network legal videos. She worked with the IPPR think tank on the possibility of setting up a Fair Employment Commission and was a member of the Euroneb Working Group on strategic enforcement. She has published a number of articles for various publications including the Equal Opportunities Review and has been involved in several projects investigating issues of gender equality. Chantal has been a qualified solicitor for 16 years and her practice has specifically focused on areas of equality law and human rights.

Chantal is now a Senior Lecturer in Human Rights Law and Discrimination Law in the Law School at the University of Chester. She is also a member of the University of Chester Diversity and Equality Committee, a diversity Advocate and Disability Link Tutor demonstrating her continuing commitment and experience of equality issues in the HE context.

Chantal has recently completed a 12 month funded project considering the experiences of Black, Minority and Ethnic undergraduate students within the University of Chester. Chantal is currently undertaking research following up on some of the key findings of the BME experience project in relation to the perceptions of BME students within Higher Education towards employability.

Chantal is the Director of the Forum for Research into Equality and Diversity.