‘Ministers have criticised plans to make the ethnic background of offenders a greater factor in determining whether to jail them, saying they amounted to a “two-tier system” of justice.’
The Guardian, 6th March 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Government has established a new working group to produce a “working definition” of Anti-Muslim Hatred and Islamophobia. It will advise government on how best to understand, quantify and define prejudice, discrimination, and hate crime targeted against Muslims.’
Law & Religion UK, 5th March 2025
Source: lawandreligionuk.com
‘A partner forced to retire at the age of 63 from Leeds firm Walker Morris was discriminated against, an employment tribunal has ruled.’
Law Society's Gazette, 24th February 2025
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘In Dr Nicholas Jones v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care [2024] EWCA Civ 1568 the Court of Appeal has held that a claimant’s suspicion that they have been a victim of discrimination, or their firmly held belief based on their suspicion, is unlikely to be a relevant factor for the tribunal to take into account when considering whether it should or should not extend time on a “just and equitable” basis.’
Cloisters Chambers, 19th February 2025
Source: www.cloisters.com
‘A recent judgment by the Court of Appeal in England emphasises that while employers can continue to set and uphold standards of respectful behaviour at work, care is required when employees exercise their right to manifest protected beliefs, employment experts have said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 20th February 2025
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘The High Court has ruled that the Home Office has been systemically failing to provide safe and suitable accommodation to disabled applicants, and has given guidance on the interaction between Schedule 10 accommodation and the Care Act 2014. Stephanie Harrison KC, Nadia O’Mara and Isaac Ricca-Richardson analyse its findings.’
Local Government Lawyer, 19th February 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘British policing’s use of algorithms and data to predict where crime will happen is racist and picks on the poor, a report from Amnesty International says.’
The Guardian, 19th February 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Court of Appeal has today upheld the guidance provided by the EAT, that was proposed by Sarah Fraser Butlin KC for the Archbishops’ Council, in a major decision concerning the question of how courts and tribunals should approach religious or philosophical belief discrimination cases concerning the manifestation of belief – when people are treated less favourably because they have done or said something expressing their protected beliefs. The guidance will be of real practical assistance to employers and employees.’
Cloisters Chambers, 12th February 2025
Source: www.cloisters.com
‘The Court of Appeal has allowed an appeal from a Christian school employee who was dismissed because she posted messages on her personal Facebook account opposing the teaching in schools, and in particular primary schools, of “gender fluidity” and that same-sex marriage is equivalent to marriage between a man and a woman.’
Local Government Lawyer, 12th February 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The level of abuse in English football has “reached crisis point”, says the head of anti-discrimination body Kick It Out.’
BBC News, 10th February 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘On 31 January 2025, the Church in Wales issued the Press Release Discerning the future of same-sex blessings in the Church in Wales. The CiW introduced a time-limited provision in October 2021 which is due to expire in September 2026 after which the options include: allowing the provision to lapse; extending the current blessings; or taking the significant step of introducing a formal service of marriage for same-sex couples.’
Law & Religion UK, 6th February 2025
Source: lawandreligionuk.com
‘In 2019, the Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union said it had received around 1,000 complaints from workers across UK branches of McDonald’s [1], although it was not clear whether these complaints were made against multiple franchisees or McDonald’s as the franchisor. The complaints were said to encompass a range of discriminatory behaviours, including sexual harassment.’
Doughty Street Chambers, 29th January 2025
Source: insights.doughtystreet.co.uk
‘The UK Supreme Court (UKSC) is poised to deliver its judgment in For Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers, examining whether “woman” under the Equality Act 2010 (EA) includes trans women with a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC) issued under the Gender Recognition Act 2004 (GRA). This blog discusses why GRC holders should not be excluded from the EA’s sex discrimination protections.’
Oxford Human Rights Hub, 30th January 2025
Source: ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk
‘A group of local care homes has won an irrationality case in the High Court against Stoke-on-Trent City Council over the local authority’s decision to pay only a minimal uplift in fees for home residents.’
Local Government Lawyer, 30th January 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Lady Hale discusses with Rosalind English the development of the right to privacy, reflects in her career in academia and the Law Commission, and ponders on the position of women in the legal profession today.’
Law Pod UK, 20th January 2025
Source: audioboom.com
‘In a recent Administrative Court decision, the Secretary of State for the Home Department was found to be in breach of the Public Sector Equality Duty (the “PSED”), contained in s.149 of the Equality Act 2010, due to failing to collect and monitor statistical equality data relating to the provision of asylum accommodation to vulnerable individuals. The judgment in R (DXK) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2024] EWHC 579 (Admin) (“DXK”) builds upon a developing line of cases which have found that the duty to have ‘due regard’ under the PSED may require a decision maker to proactively obtain information, rather than simply to consider existing information. It also provides an interesting exploration of the relationship between the circumstances in which the PSED will require the collection of information by a public body decision maker, and the common law duty of inquiry.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 20th January 2025
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘Tackling the underrepresentation of black judges and improving accommodations for disabled judges will be the main areas of work on judicial diversity for 2025.’
Local Government Lawyer, 16th January 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Education Secretary, Bridget Phillipson, has promised that key provisions of the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023 will be brought into force, whilst “burdensome” provisions will be scrapped.’
Local Government Lawyer, 16th January 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A healthcare worker has won a claim of harassment against an NHS health board after she was not provided with a suitable private space to express breast milk.’
The Guardian, 15th January 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
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