Ethnicity more generally.

The third will provide support for education on race

Discrimination issues and for groups which target race

Discrimination.

False 2 False 3 False 4 True

C2d3b4a

10 1, 3, 4, 6

B 2 a 3 a 4 b

12 Documents attached: revised entry of appearance and

Document providing complete factual account of

Circumstances of theft

Phrases in the email for referring to attachments:

I attach the revised entry of appearance form which you

Requested.

Dlease find attached a document providing...

See phrases a-j in Exercise 14.

D 2e 3i 4h 5j 6b 7a Sf 9c

G

Suggested answer

Dear Gwen

Further to our phone conversation on Monday, I would like

Inform you of the steps I have taken in the Myers case

Since we spoke.

I have submitted the completed entry of appearance you

Sent me, along with an application for a pre-hearing

Assessment of the case. I have also drafted a written

Submission of the case and forwarded this to the tribunal.

These two documents have been attached to this mail for

Your perusal.

I am now awaiting the response of the tribunal and will

Naturally inform you as soon as I hear anything. I am quite

Confident that the tribunal will decide to handle this case

Solely on the basis of the written submission, and that the

Outcome will be positive for your firm.

Please do not hesitate to contact me in the meantime if

You require any further information or assistance.

Yours sincerely

Jane

Headline 2

Texts such as these, which summarise the outcome of

Cases heard by an employment tribunal, are commonly

Read by employers and lawyers.

2 The case deals with sex discrimination: two female

Employees of a law firm (the claimants) claimed they

Were not promoted to higher positions by their

Employers (the defendants) on the basis of their sex.

A landmark case generally deals with an important

Issue and marks a stage in the development of the law

In a specific area. Such a case often shows how

Courts will rule on similar cases in the future.

Answer key

E

The women alleged that the firm had an overall

'culture' of discrimination against women.

The court ruled that one of the partners of the law firm

Behaved badly during the proceedings and that he had

Attempted to damage the reputation of one of the

Claimants.

The high award is expected to lead attorneys to be

More cautious about their behaviour when defending

Cases before the tribunal.

A discriminatory culture is an environment in which

Certain people or groups are favoured over others,

Often based on characteristics such as age, religion,

Sexual orientation, gender or disability.

False 2 True 3 True 4 True 5 False

19 1 A 2 A+D 3 0 4 A 5 D 6 0 7 A+D 8 A

A 10 A 11 A

20 Expressing agreement strongly: 1, 8, 10

Suggested answers

2,3,4,6

The Commentary section.

24 Explanation of how employment tribunals work: ... a public

Hearing in front of a three-member employment tribunal

With a legally qualified chairperson, involving the crossexamination

Of witnesses and, in the vast majority of

Cases, the involvement of legal representatives...

Four adjectives: speedy, informal, confidential,

Non-legalistic.

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