Bob Hepple
Encyclopedia
Sir Bob Hepple QC is a South African born academic and leader in the fields of labour law
, tort
and discrimination
. He taught for much of his career at Cambridge University, University College London
and as Chairman of the Industrial Tribunals.
He was a member of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics
2000–2003, Chair from 2003-2007. He also chaired the Council’s Working Parties on Genetics and human behaviour (2000-2002) and The forensic use of bioinformation (2006-2007)
Labour law
Labour law is the body of laws, administrative rulings, and precedents which address the legal rights of, and restrictions on, working people and their organizations. As such, it mediates many aspects of the relationship between trade unions, employers and employees...
, tort
Tort
A tort, in common law jurisdictions, is a wrong that involves a breach of a civil duty owed to someone else. It is differentiated from a crime, which involves a breach of a duty owed to society in general...
and discrimination
Discrimination
Discrimination is the prejudicial treatment of an individual based on their membership in a certain group or category. It involves the actual behaviors towards groups such as excluding or restricting members of one group from opportunities that are available to another group. The term began to be...
. He taught for much of his career at Cambridge University, University College London
University College London
University College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and the oldest and largest constituent college of the federal University of London...
and as Chairman of the Industrial Tribunals.
He was a member of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics
Nuffield Council on Bioethics
The Nuffield Council on Bioethics is a UK-based independent charitable body, which examines and reports on ethical issues raised by new advances in biological and medical research...
2000–2003, Chair from 2003-2007. He also chaired the Council’s Working Parties on Genetics and human behaviour (2000-2002) and The forensic use of bioinformation (2006-2007)