‘An overwhelming majority of women MPs have received online and verbal abuse from the public and a third have considered quitting as a result, a BBC Radio 5 live survey suggests.’
BBC News, 24th January 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Women are still being forced to wear high heels, make-up and revealing clothes by some employers, a parliamentary report has found.’
The Independent, 25th January 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘India’s caste system is among the world’s oldest surviving forms of social stratification. However, some British Asians say they still experience discrimination due to their caste. So, why are so many Hindu bodies in the UK opposed to this being made illegal?’
BBC News, 18th January 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Unpaid internships should be banned as a barrier to social mobility, says a report from MPs and peers.’
BBC News, 17th January 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘When local authorities plan to reduce, restructure or rationalise library services, litigation often results.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 16th January 2017
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘It said car insurance firms couldn’t discriminate between the sexes … since then men have seen a four-fold rise in premiums.’
The Guardian, 14th January 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Parties ‘must be held to account for reducing this democratic deficit’, according to the Women and Equalities Committee, chaired by former Culture Secretary Maria Miller.’
The Independent, 10th January 2017
Source:www.independent.co.uk
‘A collation of cases and stories from the private sector, and a series of reminders that a database of rogue landlords, and indeed banning orders, can’t come soon enough.’
Nearly Legal, 8th January 2017
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
‘A Church of England hospital chaplain has lost his claim that he was discriminated against when his licence to work was withdrawn after he married his same-sex partner, in a case that gay rights campaigners hoped would force the church to change its stance.’
The Guardian, 7th December 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Discrimination laws governing religion or belief are generally working well and do not require significant revision, the Equality and Human Rights Commission concludes in a report published today.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 2nd December 2016
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘”Devastating” cuts to staff and budgets have undermined the ability of Britain’s equality watchdog to fight a rising tide of discrimination and hate crime, according to unions.’
The Guardian, 20th November 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The Interim Executive Board of X School v Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills [2016] EWHC 2813 (Admin). The principal issue in this application for judicial review was whether a mixed school unlawfully discriminated against its male and/or female pupils by making “parallel arrangements” for their education in the same building or by applying a regime of “complete segregation” for all lessons, breaks, school clubs and trips. There was no evidence that either girls or boys were treated unequally in terms of the quality of the education they received (in the sense of one sex receiving a lower quality of education than the other).’
UK Human Rights Blog, 10th November 2016
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘This is a cautionary tale for DJs and DDJs hearing Equality Act defences. In Birmingham CC v Stephenson [2016] EWCA Civ 1029 (not on Bailii yet, but we have seen a transcript), the Court of Appeal considered whether a possession order granted in respect of an introductory tenancy was wrongly granted where an Akerman-Livingstone Equality Act style defence was raised (alongside an Article 8 defence). Mr Stephenson had been responsible for noise nuisance from his (uncarpeted) flat. He suffers from paranoid schizophrenia, the symptoms of which are alleviated but not completely cured by medication.’
Nearly Legal, 1st November 2016
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
‘A couple who have been living together for the past six years will this week demand the right to a civil partnership, arguing that they face discrimination under the present law, which gives gay couples the option of marriage or a civil partnership but denies the latter to heterosexual couples.’
The Guardian, 30th October 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘British businesses are losing hundreds of millions of pounds every year as a result of women being forced out of jobs after having a baby, a damning report from the equalities watchdog has revealed.’
The Guardian, 27th October 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘ “If Theresa May is really determined to deliver a country that works for all then there needs to be a justice system for everyone, not just those who can afford it,” said Alice Wyss of Amnesty International this week.’
New Law Journal, 20th October 2016
Source: www.newlawjournal.co.uk
‘The Law Centres Network (LCN) has lost its bid to prevent G4S being awarded a government contract to run the Equality Advisory Support Service (EASS) helpline.’
Local Government Lawyer, 6th October 2016
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Awarding global security firm G4S the contract to run a national discrimination helpline raises “serious and legitimate grounds for concern” and risks undermining the service’s credibility, the high court has been told. A judicial review challenge supported by human rights groups and the Law Centres Network has called on the government to delay transferring operation of the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS) to G4S.’
The Guardian, 29th September 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The new Secretary of State for Education has recently announced a new government proposal to abolish the ban on opening new grammar schools. This proposal could ultimately be ultimately be challenged in the courts. How could the government make sure it is complying with its human rights obligations in future proposals?’
RightsInfo, 14th September 2016
Source: www.rightsinfo.org
‘This was another in a number of county court judgments on section 204 Housing Act 1996 appeals which turned on the question of vulnerability after the Supreme Court decision in Hotak. In this appeal, the particular issues were whether the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) had been complied with, and then the approach to ‘significantly more vulnerable’.’
Nearly Legal, 25th September 2016
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
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