Top City law firms under pressure 'to promote women and minorities'

Colin England
Member - 55 posts

Remind me not to go to Linklaters for legal advice -- they clearly do not understand the law.

To have positive discrimination policies in favour of one sex is unlawful in terms of both UK and EU law.

To positively discriminate in favour of one sex is to discriminate against the other sex and is unlawful for that reason.

It matter not one jot that possible clients (not even actual clients!!) ask for details of diversity statistics. Tell them that we do not keep such details or that such details are not available. Does Linklaters want such possible clients - who themselves appear not to understand the law? I would suggest that such clients in asking for such information are themselves breaching EU Directives - if not UK Law.

"leading firms - driven by customer comments, the threat of lawsuits and worries about recruitment - are setting up initiatives aimed at attracting those who have felt unwelcome in a historically conservative profession".

Leading firms will most certainly find themselves facing undefendable lawsuits if they persue positive action ploicies.

Mr Davis shows the most disgraceful sexist opinions when he says that "women lawyers might better understand the impact on families of job lossess. Where is his evidence of for that opinion?