“A judge has with a ‘heavy heart’ allowed the Crown Prosecution Service to continue defending an employment tribunal claim that has already been in court four times and cost the taxpayer more than £1m, including a record £600,000 in damages for racial discrimination.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 15th July 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Halima Aziz is approaching her tenth stressful year of litigation against her former employer, the Crown Prosecution Service. As an ex-CPS prosecutor in Yorkshire, her case for racial discrimination has so far been through four major court hearings, cost the state more than £1m, including a record £600,000 damages, and looks like becoming the longest-running discrimination case in history.”
The Guardian, 6th July 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Home Office says it is reviewing counter-terrorism laws after a European court decided the government could not appeal against a ruling that said random stop and searches were illegal.”
BBC News, 1st July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Conservative politician is seeking to make it a criminal offence to wear a burka in public. Philip Hollobone, the MP for Kettering, was the subject of a complaint to police from the Northamptonshire Race Equality Council five months ago because of remarks he made about burkas.”
The Independent, 1st July 2010
Source:www.independent.co.uk
“Black and minority ethnic lawyers are being refused compulsory insurance in what they describe as blatant race discrimination in the legal profession.”
The Guardian, 6th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Five police forces could face legal action after the equalities watchdog issued a final warning over their disproportionate use of stop-and-search powers against people from ethnic minorities.”
The Guardian, 2nd June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The British National party faces the prospect of renewed legal action from the government’s equalities watchdog over allegations that it has failed to remove potentially racist clauses from its constitution. The court case could potentially see the BNP’s leader, Nick Griffin, jailed or fined for contempt of court, or see party assets seized, lawyers believe.”
The Guardian, 9th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The barrister who lost an Employment Tribunal racial discrimination case against three members of her former set and its senior clerk has launched an appeal.”
The Lawyer, 19th April 2010
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“A single-mother soldier who won a claim of race and sex discrimination against the Ministry of Defence was awarded £17,016 by an employment tribunal today.”
The Guardian, 16th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Female bankers should not take offence when confronted with sexist remarks in the workplace, a tribunal has ruled.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th April 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A soldier disciplined by the army after missing a parade to look after her daughter is set to receive damages after winning an employment tribunal claim, it was reported today.”
The Guardian, 13th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Police forces were threatened with legal action today as the Government’s equality watchdog said black and Asian Britons were still being unfairly targeted for stop and searches.”
The Independent, 15th March 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Judge agrees with human rights watchdog that British National party’s rewritten criteria for joining are still racist.”
The Guardian, 12th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Equalities watchdog warns of enforcement action against forces that excessively target people from ethnic minorities.”
The Guardian, 10th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The BNP’s new membership rules ‘indirectly’ discriminate against black and Asian people, the UK equalities watchdog has told a court hearing.”
BBC News, 9th March 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The UK Sikh Federation says it might take legal action over the Office for National Statistics’ 2011 census form.”
BBC News, 25th February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Only two of almost 150 race claims made against the country’s largest police force in the past four years have been upheld at tribunals, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th February 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A Metropolitan Police officer praised by ex-London Mayor Ken Livingstone for his handling of a racist attack on him has lost a race discrimination claim.”
BBC News, 15th February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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