‘Illegal immigrants are entitled to bring court actions against their employers for discrimination, the Supreme Court has said in a landmark judgment.’
Daily Telegraph, 30th July 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Women are being priced out of justice in the workplace, according to figures which show the number of sex discrimination claims brought by women against employers have fallen 80 per cent since court charges were introduced.’
The Independent, 29th July 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Britain’s biggest force faces a large compensation claim as a tribunal rules Carol Howard was treated unfairly because of her sex and race.’
Daily Telegraph, 1st July 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Where a claim of race discrimination had been dismissed on limitation grounds those allegations could not be repeated in a second claim together with additional allegations which could have been included in the first claim but had not been, in order to avoid the limitation defence by founding a claim based on conduct extending over a period of time. The second claim was an abuse of process.’
WLR Daily, 24th June 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘Three of Britain’s biggest police forces face damning criticism over their failure to hold racist officers to account after it emerged that their internal investigations have failed to uphold a single discrimination complaint from members of the public.’
The Independent, 4th June 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Under Art 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights 1950, freedom of association is protected. In Redfearn v UK it was held that the UK government had violated Mr Redfearn’s Art 11 right as the UK had not taken reasonable measures to protect employees such as him from dismissal on grounds of political affiliation. The government’s response, although following a suggestion of the court, could mean that the wider issues in Redfearn may yet have to be visited again.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 12th May 2014
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
‘The draft codes of practice on preventing illegal working and avoiding unlawful discrimination while preventing illegal working have been laid in Parliament on Tuesday 6 May 2014 pursuant to section 19 and section 23 respectively of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006. They update the codes issued in February 2008.’
Home Office, 6th May 2014
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
‘Danny Alexander, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, announces the Cornish will be given same status as people from Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.’
Daily Telegraph, 24th April 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Hundreds of black and Asian doctors have had promising careers “halted” because of racial discrimination in the way GPs are examined, a leading doctor has claimed, before a landmark High Court hearing in which two pillars of the medical establishment will be accused of breaching equality laws.’
The Independent, 6th April 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The body that investigates solicitors has been cleared of institutional racism despite an independent inquiry concluding that it disproportionately pursues black and minority ethnic (BME) lawyers for alleged wrongdoing.’
The Independent, 14th March 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The union challenge to the Tribunal fees regime was seen off by Chambers’ own Susan Chan, representing the Lord Chancellor as sole counsel, who herself enjoys a busy employment practice. For obvious reasons she is unable to comment on the matter herself. Though of course a public law case, there can scarcely have been a judicial review decision in recent memory of more interest to the employment practitioner.’
13 KBW Employment, 7th March 2014
Ministry of Defence v Kemeh [2014] EWCA Civ 91; [2014] WLR (D) 59
‘Common law principles of agency were applicable when considering section 32(2) of the Race Relations Act 1976.’
WLR Daily, 11th February 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘A trade union’s legal challenge to the introduction of fees to bring a case to an employment tribunal has been dismissed by the High Court.’
OUT-LAW.com, 10th February 2014
Source: www.out-law.com
‘A woman who was stopped and searched by police after her Oyster travel card was refused has had a legal challenge dismissed by the court of appeal.’
The Guardian, 4th February 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A woman who was searched by police after refusing to pay a bus fare in London has had her appeal case over stop-and-search powers rejected.’
BBC News, 4th February 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The court of appeal is due to rule on a challenge over the legality of random stop-and-search powers aimed at tackling street violence.’
The Guardian, 4th February 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The College of Policing is reviewing its training to try to prevent more people dying in police custody in England and Wales, the BBC has learned.;
BBC News, 17th December 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Black people are more likely to be charged and sent to prison than white people – and to receive longer custodial sentences, according to official Ministry of Justice statistics.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 25th November 2013
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Dress codes in the workplace are not uncommon. Most Employers have a certain standard of dress in the workplace, whether enforced through contractual terms or through customary practices. More recently, we have seen informal advice given by senior solicitors to new female recruits at Berwin Leighton. The advice was addressed specifically at women.”
No. 5 Chambers, 7th November 2013
Source: www.no5.com
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