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Saturday, November 21, 2009 9:21 PM

Grainger PLC

Type: Company
Name: Grainger PLC
Nationality: United Kingdom
Fact Sheet: Fact Sheet for Grainger PLC
First Reported 11/17/2009 - Updated 11/17/2009 - 1 Documents
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP - Click to view 360-page
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
UK Legal News - Freshfields Advises Grainer On £250m Rights Issue
International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised Grainger plc, the UK's largest listed residential landlord, on its fully underwritten Rights Issue to raise gross proceeds of approximately £250 million. This will be achieved by the issue ... [Lawfuel - 11/17/2009]
First Reported 11/17/2009 - Updated 11/17/2009 - 1 Documents
Makbool Javaid - Click to view image in its original context
Makbool Javaid
Grainger plc v Nicholson
HR news and jobs direct to your inboxJoin Europe's largest network of HR professionals and enhance your career.Including all HR vacancies from PM magazineSearch and Subject LinksQuick links to subjects:Search People ManagementThis site is the online magazine ... [People Management Online - 11/17/2009]
First Reported 11/03/2009 - Updated 11/04/2009 - 16 Documents (in Environment)
Spectre of ‘greenism’ in the UK workplace is a backward step for climate change
By Rowena Mason No Comments Weâve had it with sexism, racism, religious prejudice ? all now considered utterly unacceptable in the workplace.Will employees across UK Plc now have to start watching their tongues in case they are guilty of greenism?After ... [Telegraph - 11/04/2009]
First Reported 11/05/2009 - Updated 11/05/2009 - 6 Documents (in Environment)
Being green is no religion
A court ruling that environmentalism is akin to religious belief is bad news for science, and for efforts to tackle climate changeJudging from what I read many men who pay for sex want a straightforward transaction where their money buys them the prostitute's ... [Guardian.co.uk - 11/05/2009]
First Reported 11/11/2009 - Updated 11/11/2009 - 3 Documents (in Environment)
Climate change ruling sends shivers through discrimination law
The Employment Appeal Tribunal's (EAT) recent judgment in Grainger Plc v Nicholson may herald a revolution in discrimination law, potentially opening the doors wide to new types of discrimination claims in the future. It also throws doubt on the government's ... [Personnel Today - 11/11/2009]
First Reported 11/08/2009 - Updated 11/08/2009 - 2 Documents (in Environment)
Welcome to the age of the eco-martyr. God help us
Nothing will harm climate change campaigners as much as a judge decreeing that the green movement is a faithFollowing Mr Justice Burton's ruling that green beliefs should enjoy the same protection as religious ones, many committed recyclers will have ... [Guardian.co.uk - 11/08/2009]
First Reported 11/09/2009 - Updated 11/09/2009 - 1 Documents
Going green isn't a 'human right'
A British judge has ruled that a 'sustainability' official at the England-based property-rental firm Grainger plc can proceed with a wrongful-dismissal claim on the grounds that his staunch environmental beliefs are protected by employment-equality regulations. ... [National Post - 11/09/2009]
First Reported 11/10/2009 - Updated 11/10/2009 - 1 Documents (in Environment)
Belief in climate change is protected at work
There has been a great deal of controversy over what kind of philosophical belief will be protected under the Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations 2003, since an amendment was made in 2007.It has led to questions over whether or not extreme ... [People Management Online - 11/10/2009]
First Reported 10/27/2009 - Updated 10/27/2009 - 1 Documents
Three on shortlist to revitalise Hammersmith's public square
Gillespies, Burns & Nice and Scape Design Associates have all submitted designs for a competition to create a new £1 million public square in a run-down part of west London.The three firms, shortlisted from an original list of six, were asked to come ... [Building Design - 10/27/2009]
Entities: Grainger PLC, London, 1960s
First Reported 11/12/2009 - Updated 11/12/2009 - 1 Documents
Waterlooville housing plans on show
Fresh plans for the huge housing development in Waterlooville are to go on show. Residents are being invited to comment on the plans, which will include up to 40 per cent affordable housing, two primary schools, a health centre, community centre, pub, ... [Portsmouth Today - 11/12/2009]
First Reported 11/06/2009 - Updated 11/06/2009 - 1 Documents (in Environment)
Environmental beliefs get same legal protections as religious ones: U.K. judge
Environmental beliefs are worthy of the same protection as religion in matters of workplace discrimination, a judge has ruled in Britain.The landmark decision, which upheld a previous employment tribunal judgment, means that workers who are victimized ... [National Post - 11/06/2009]
First Reported 11/07/2009 - Updated 11/07/2009 - 1 Documents (in Market News)
London Judge: Protect Environmentalism Like Religion
Animism, naturalistic pantheism, Gaia theory — there are various belief systems that deify the natural world. But should a fervent belief in the need to fight climate change be given the same legal protection as an actual religion? A London judge said ... [Time - 11/07/2009]

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...Above all he fears for "the future of the human race given the failure to reduce carbon emissions on a global scale." He sought, inevitably, to carry his crusade into the company, but claims that Grainger didn't like the extent of this commitment, refused to give him...
Climatism is more than a belief system [Financial Post - 11/11/2009]
...But in a landmark ruling on Nov. 3, Justice Michael Burton found that "a belief in man-made climate change, and the alleged resulting moral imperatives, is capable, if genuinely held, of being a philosophical belief for the purpose of [the 2003 law]." (See the top 10 religious stories of 2008.)
London Judge: Protect Environmentalism Like Religion [Time - 11/07/2009]
...Mr Nicholson, from Oxford, does not travel by plane and has renovated his home to be more eco-friendly. "I believe we must urgently cut carbon emissions to avoid catastrophic climate change" he told an earlier hearing...
Judge rules green beliefs same as religion [Metro.co.uk - 11/05/2009]
The Daily Telegraph quoted Dave Butler, Grainger’s corporate affairs director, as saying: "This decision merely confirms that views on the importance of environmental protection are capable of amounting to a philosophical belief."
Green beliefs: could man-made climate change put employers in the dock? [Green Wise - 11/05/2009]

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Grainger plc v Nicholson [People Management Online - 11/17/2009]
UK Legal News - Freshfields Advises Grainer On ... [Lawfuel - 11/17/2009]
Waterlooville housing plans on show [Portsmouth Today - 11/12/2009]
Climate change ruling sends shivers through dis... [Personnel Today - 11/11/2009]
Climatism is more than a belief system [Financial Post - 11/11/2009]
Peter Foster: Climatism is more than a belief s... [National Post - 11/11/2009]
Belief in climate change is protected at work [People Management Online - 11/10/2009]
Going green isn't a 'human right' [National Post - 11/09/2009]
Welcome to the age of the eco-martyr. God help us [Guardian.co.uk - 11/08/2009]
London Judge: Protect Environmentalism Like Rel... [Time - 11/07/2009]
Environmental beliefs get same legal protection... [National Post - 11/06/2009]
Being green is no religion [Guardian.co.uk - 11/05/2009]
British Law Elevates Climate Change Belief To S... [Anorak - 11/05/2009]
Britain’s New Protected Minority: Tree-Huggers [Discover Magazine - 11/05/2009]
Judge rules green beliefs same as religion [Metro.co.uk - 11/05/2009]
Green beliefs: could man-made climate change pu... [Green Wise - 11/05/2009]
Spectre of ‘greenism’ in the UK workplace is a ... [Telegraph - 11/04/2009]
Beliefs on climate like religion, court rules [ABC Online - 11/04/2009]
Global warming tribunal may stoke argument that... [Guardian.co.uk - 11/03/2009]
Man axed for views on climate change [CNEWS - 11/03/2009]
Official: UK law now says ManBearPig-worship is... [Telegraph - 11/03/2009]
Ex-Grainger employee to sue for unfair dismissa... [Personnel Today - 11/03/2009]
Green views 'same as religious beliefs' after e... [Mail Online UK - 11/03/2009]
Climate change test case on the cards as sustai... [Computing.co.uk - 11/03/2009]
Belief in manmade climate change as important a... [Telegraph - 11/03/2009]
Climate change belief given same legal status a... [Telegraph - 11/03/2009]
Surveyor wins "philosophical belief" ... [Solicitors Journal - 11/03/2009]
Eco-employee wins bid to appeal [BBC - 11/03/2009]
Appeal on climate change allowed [BBC - 11/03/2009]
Three on shortlist to revitalise Hammersmith's ... [Building Design - 10/27/2009]
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Rupert Dickinson, Leo Hickman, Al Gore, [more]
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Welcome to the age of the eco-martyr. God help us [Comment is free | guardian.co.uk - 11/08/2009]
Nothing will harm climate change campaigners as much as a judge decreeing that the green movement is a faithFollowing Mr Justice Burton's ruling that green beliefs ...
Being green is no religion | Wendy M Grossman [Comment is free | guardian.co.uk - 11/05/2009]
A court ruling that environmentalism is akin to religious belief is bad news for science, and for efforts to tackle climate changeJudging from what I read many men ...
British Judge Rules Global Warming Belief is A ... [YID With LID - 11/03/2009]
Regular readers of these pages know  my little "pet name" for the leadership of the global warming hoaxers is "The Holy Church of Global Warming Moonbats" There ...
Global warming tribunal may stoke argument that... [Environment: Environment blog | guardian.co.uk - 11/03/2009]
Tim Nicholson's tribunal could be used as a source of invective by the 'global warming is just a religion' brigadeSo now we know that, according to an employment ...
Global warming tribunal may stoke argument that... [Comment is free | guardian.co.uk - 11/03/2009]
Tim Nicholson's tribunal could be used as a source of invective by the 'global warming is just a religion' brigadeSo now we know that, according to an employment ...
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