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Immigration Law

Section 5: Citizenship by Registration

08th November 2010
Subject to the provisions of this section and such other conditions and restrictions as may be prescribed, the Central Government may, on an application made in this behalf, register as a citizen of India any person not being an illegal migrant who is not...
Author: Help Line Law
Legal

Mitigating Loss illustrated with Chagger v Emilio Botin's Abbey Banco Santander share

09th December 2009
An employee who has suffered infringements of his employment rights (such as unfairness, discrimination, victimisation, and so on) has a legal duty to mitigate his loss flowing from the infringements. If he fails to discharge that duty in full, then he is...
Author: Simon King
Legal

Employment Grievance Procedure illustrated with Emilio Botin Abbey Santander banking retail bank

19th October 2009
The employment grievance procedure is illustrated with the high-profile case Chagger v Abbey National plc & Hopkins (2006), where the Employment Tribunal made findings of unfair dismissal and unlawful race discrimination and (following Emilio Botin Abbey ...
Author: Simon King
Legal

Redundancy Dismissal Remedy Reinstatement highlighted by Emilio Botin Abbey Banco Santander Group

28th September 2009
The unfair dismissal remedy of reinstatement is highlighted by the high-profile UK case Chagger v Abbey National plc & Hopkins (2006) where, after finding race discrimination, the Employment Tribunal took the very rare step of issuing a reinstatement orde...
Author: Simon King
Legal

Importance of RR65 Race Relations Act Questionnaire demonstrated by Banco Santander Group

31st July 2009
The importance of the Race Relations Act Questionnaire RR65 is highlighted by the high-profile Chagger v Abbey National plc & Hopkins (2006) UK legal case, where the Employment Tribunal made a finding of race discrimination, which subsequently led to the ...
Author: Simon King
Immigration Law

Dual Citizenship in India – Know everything you want to know about it!

11th July 2009
The Government of India has not given permission for Dual Citizenship yet! That means an Indian resident can not hold the citizenship of the native country and a foreign country at the same time. In addition, the Indian Nationality Law allows OCI (Oversea...
Author: Ajay Sharma
Legal

Suing Your Employer: The Uphill Battle

04th July 2009
The intense struggle employees, who have suffered employment related discrimination, can expect to experience when challenging a powerful employer is somewhat illustrated by the high-profile legal case Chagger v Abbey National plc & Hopkins (2006). The Em...
Author: Simon King
Legal

Appeal Stages and Court Structure in Employment Disputes

23rd June 2009
The high-profile Chagger v Abbey National plc & Hopkins [2006] legal case, where the Employment Tribunal's verdict of race discrimination led to the record £2.8 million compensation award, is due to be heard by the Court of Appeal next month (July 2009)....
Author: Simon King
Legal

Proving Race Discrimination in Employment

11th June 2009
Direct race discrimination is when an organisation (or an employee of the organisation) treats a person less favourably than someone else on racial grounds. Proving direct race discrimination is not trivial. The burden of proof is on the employee alleging...
Author: Simon King
Legal

Importance of Race Discrimination Questionnaire RR65

08th May 2009
Employees who believe that they have been racially discriminated against at work and are considering pursuing legal action may serve a race discrimination questionnaire upon the employer. The questionnaire procedure is set out in the Race Relations Act (Q...
Author: Simon King
Legal

Inappropriate Redundancy Selection Criteria

01st May 2009
Employers intending to make redundancies can find themselves exposed to unfair dismissal or, more seriously, discrimination claims if they fail to take proper care in the selection of the specific employees to dismiss. Selecting an employee for redundancy...
Author: Simon King