‘Scotland Yard is listing thousands of children and young men on a “racially discriminatory” database that is failing to tackle rising violence in London, a new report has found.’
The Independent, 9th May 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Plans to force voters to show photo identification at polling stations may discriminate against people from ethnic minority communities, the equality watchdog has reportedly warned. The new rules – being trialled to prevent voter fraud – would also hit the young and old, those with disabilities and transgender people, the Equality and Human Rights Commission claims in a leaked letter to Cabinet Office minister David Lidington.’
The Independent, 22nd April 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The government immigration agencies at the centre of the Windrush scandal are “rife” with discrimination and harassment, a survey of their own employees reveals.
Official documents show staff at Border Force reporting high levels of discrimination, with almost one in four (23 per cent) saying they had experienced it.’
The Independent, 23rd April 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The Home Office has been accused of turning a “blind eye to discrimination” after rejecting its own inspector’s call to investigate a “racist” scheme targeting private housing tenants.’
The Independent, 8th April 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Health chiefs will investigate whether black and other ethnic minority (BME) doctors are the victims of racism after revealing they are more likely to be hauled before disciplinary tribunals than white colleagues. The General Medical Council (GMC) said there has been a persistent “overrepresentation” of complaints against ethnic minority doctors in recent years.’
Daily Telegraph, 28th March 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Hundreds of hate crimes have been committed at or near schools and colleges in the last two years, most rooted in race and ethnicity, figures reveal.’
The Guardian, 29th January 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘New figures show a huge rise in Romany and Traveller families having their children taken away. It’s being blamed on institutional prejudice.’
The Guardian, 24th January 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A salesman who was called “a fat ginger pikey”, a “salad dodger” and a “fat Yoda” has lost his claim for racial harassment.’
The Independent, 12th January 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Three judges from black and Asian backgrounds are suing the Ministry of Justice for race discrimination and victimisation, the Guardian has learned.’
The Guardian, 19th December 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The case of Durrant v Chief Constable of Avon & Somerset Constabulary [2017] EWCA Civ 1808, which arose out of the arrest of Ms Durrant on 13 June 2009, seems finally to have come to a conclusion, after three visits to the Court of Appeal. It is worth reading for its discussion on the award of damages for injury to “loss of feelings” where the police have racially discriminated against a person whom they have arrested and when aggravated and/or exemplary damages will be awarded.’
UK Police Law Blog, 11th December 2017
Source: ukpolicelawblog.com
‘Graduates from black and minority ethnic (BME) backgrounds are half as likely to obtain pupillages as their white peers, research for the Bar Standards Board (BSB) has found.’
Legal Futures, 12th December 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘This summer’s Supreme Court decision in Essop reinstated the established postition in indirect discrimination cases – that there is no requirement for a claimant to establish the reason for disadvantage arising from the provision, criterion or practice in question.’
Cloisters, 6th December 2017
Source: www.cloisters.com
‘The Supreme Court has decided that a doctor is not prevented from suing the GMC in the Employment Tribunal (“ET”) under the Equality Act 2010 (“2010 Act”) by the availability of judicial review.’
Blackstone Chambers, 1st November 2017
Source: www.blackstonechambers.com
‘A pub landlady has been ordered to pay an Irish traveller £1,500 in damages after agreeing she was refusing to serve him because of his background, having been asked the question 18 times.’
Daily Telegraph, 20th November 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A buy-to-let tycoon who banned Indian and Pakistani tenants “because of the curry smell” has been ordered to ditch the policy.’
BBC News, 8th November 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A Westminster City Council employee has won a partial victory at an employment tribunal in a case that arose over a disputed pot plant.’
Local Government Lawyer, 8th November 2017
Source: localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The UK equality watchdog is seeking an injuction against buy-to-let mogul Fergus Wilson after he told his letting agent to ban “coloured” tenants because they left curry smells in his properties.’
The Guardian, 8th November 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
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