Prudhomme: everything you need to know about the independence and impartiality of lawyers

The industrial tribunal, like any other jurisdiction, is subject to the requirement of independence and impartiality, notably guaranteed under the fair trial by Article 6 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.

The Boulogne-Billancourt (Hauts-de-Seine) industrial tribunal (CPH) had to rule on an unprecedented issue calling into question the independence and impartiality of an industrial tribunal judge. It...