Unlocking Employment Law

Appendix 1

Activity: Essay writing

Below is a sample essay title and a guide on how to prepare to answer it Discuss the extent to which EU discrimination law which is clearly binding on the UK has moved from a limited economic protection of women in the original EC Treaty to a much broader social agenda now, which has been reflected in the UK by the Equality Act 2010.

Answering the question

There are usually two key elements to answering essays in law:

• ■ first you are required to reproduce a certain factual information on a particular area of law and this is usually identified for you in the question;
• ■ second you are required to answer the specific question set, which usually is in the form of some sort of critical element, i.e. you are likely ...