Lizzie Barmes is completing a book, provisionally called Equality Law and Positive Action in the Legal Profession of England and Wales: Law’s Impact, on the impact in practice of Equality Act 2010, sections 158 and 159, with the legal profession of England and Wales as a case study. This will be followed up by a series of articles on the genesis and implementation of these provisions in the of the Equality Act 2010. These works draw on a series of semi-structured interviews with a wide range of interviewees, comprising those involved in the passage and implementation of the Act, and who have insight into its effects in practice, especially in the legal profession.
In 2022 Hannah Saunders created an Appearance and the Law Discussion Group. This holds bi-monthly online sessions on a range of topics connected with appearance and the law. Recent (or forthcoming) topics include:
To join, please email h.saunders@qmul.ac.uk.
Sarah Court-Brown received a LISS DTP award to pursue a MRes in 2017/2018 followed by a PhD under the supervision of Professors Barmes, Malleson and Dr Mario Mendes. Sarah’s research interests concern the influence in the political and legislative fields in modern Britain of ideas and principles about equality.