Part II Employment
F1Barristers and advocates
7CAdvocates: discrimination and harassment
(1)
It is unlawful for an advocate, in relation to taking any person as his pupil, to discriminate against a disabled person—
(a)
in the arrangements which he makes for the purpose of determining whom he will take as his pupil;
(b)
in respect of any terms on which he offers to take the disabled person as his pupil; or
(c)
by refusing, or deliberately omitting, to take the disabled person as his pupil.
(2)
It is unlawful for an advocate, in relation to a disabled person who is a pupil, to discriminate against him—
(a)
in respect of any terms applicable to him as a pupil;
(b)
in the opportunities for training, or gaining experience, which are afforded or denied to him;
(c)
in the benefits which are afforded or denied to him;
(d)
by terminating the relationship or by subjecting him to any pressure to leave; or
(e)
by subjecting him to any other detriment.
(3)
It is unlawful for an advocate, in relation to taking any person as his pupil, to subject to harassment a disabled person who is, or has applied to be taken as, his pupil.
(4)
It is also unlawful for any person, in relation to the giving, withholding or acceptance of instructions to an advocate, to discriminate against a disabled person or to subject him to harassment.
(5)
In this section and section 7D—
“advocate” means a member of the Faculty of Advocates practising as such; and
“pupil” has the meaning commonly associated with its use in the context of a person training to be an advocate.