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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fair-employment-and-treatment-northern-ireland-order-1998/article-32",
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  "legislation": "nisi/1998/3162",
  "legislation_title": "The Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fair-employment-and-treatment-northern-ireland-order-1998",
  "path": "article/32",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "32",
  "heading": ". . . barristers",
  "text": "(1) It is unlawful for a barrister, in relation to taking any person as his pupil, to discriminate against a person—\n(a) in the arrangements which he makes for the purpose of determining whom he will take as his pupil;\n(b) in respect of any terms on which he offers to take any person as his pupil; or\n(c) by refusing, or deliberately omitting, to take a person as his pupil.\n(2) It is unlawful for a barrister, in relation to a person who is his pupil, to discriminate against him—\n(a) in respect of any terms applicable to him as his pupil;\n(b) in the opportunities for training, or gaining experience, which are afforded or denied to him;\n(c) in the benefits which are afforded or denied to him; or\n(d) by terminating the relationship or by subjecting him to any pressure to terminate the relationship or other detriment.\n(2A) It is unlawful for a barrister to subject to harassment a person who is, or has applied to be, his pupil.\n(3) It is unlawful for any person, in relation to the giving, withholding or acceptance of instructions to a barrister, to discriminate against any person or to subject any person to harassment.\n(4) In this Article “pupil” has the meaning commonly associated with its use in the context of a person training as a barrister.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "SR 2003/520"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1998/3162/article/32",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:40:50.427777+00:00"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}