“A simple steel wrist bangle means as much to Sarika Watkins-Singh, 14, as it does to the England spin bowler Monty Panesar, the High Court was told yesterday.”
The Times, 18th June 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The case of the Cynon Valley schoolgirl sent home for wearing a Sikh religious bracelet will be heard by a High Court judge in London later.”
BBC News, 17th June 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The family of a Sikh girl excluded from school for wearing a religious bangle will hand in a petition to Downing Street.”
BBC News, 13th June 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An Iranian-born solicitor has launched an unprecedented £10m claim against the Law Society and the solicitors’ regulatory body for racial and religious discrimination, harassment and victimisation.”
The Guardian, 26th May 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A civil registrar who refuses to officiate at partnerships between same-sex couples, claiming that it is ‘sinful’ and against her religion, has brought a legal case that could have implications for ceremonies conducted throughout the country.”
The Times, 21st May 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A registrar is taking her employer to a tribunal this week to determine whether she can refuse to officiate at homosexual ‘weddings’ because of her religious beliefs.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th May 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A Sikh policeman is set to receive a five-figure damages award for racial discrimination after a police force rejected a dozen applications from him to join.”
The Times, 26th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Anti-Muslim prejudice is dealt with less seriously than other forms of discrimination, a university study found.”
The Guardian, 31st January 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The case of a 14-year-old Sikh girl excluded from school for wearing a religious bangle will be heard in the high court, it was decided today.”
The Guardian, 23rd January 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A British Airways check-in worker who was banned from wearing a Christian cross around her neck has lost her claim of religious discrimination.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th January 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
McClintock v Department of Constitutional Affairs
Employment Appeal Tribunal
“To allow judges to opt out of hearing cases where they disapproved of the law would be an abdication of their responsibilities.”
The Times, 5th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
“The country’s top Jewish state school was yesterday found to be breaking anti-discrimination laws and ordered to delete part of its admissions criteria that favours ethnically Jewish children.”
The Guardian, 28th November 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A finance officer claims she was dismissed by a Christian charity centre because she did not believe in God.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd November 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A teenager has been temporarily excluded from her school for refusing to remove a symbol of her faith.”
The Guardian, 7th November 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Tate Modern has been accused of religious discrimination and institutional anti-Christian bias in its commissioning procedures, by an artist who is taking the gallery to an employment tribunal next month.”
The Guardian, 8th October 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Racial and Religious Hatred Act comes into effect today, forbidding threats and other intimidating statements intended to stir up hatred against people because of their religious beliefs.”
Home Office, 1st October 2007
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
Purity ring is not intimately linked to religious belief
Regina (Playfoot) (a Child) v. Millais School Governing Body
“A school’s refusal to allow one of its pupils to wear a purity ring, demonstrating her commitment to sexual abstinence prior to marriage, did not infringe her right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion protected by the European Convention on Human Rights.”
The Times, 23rd July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
“A 16-year-old girl was not discriminated against after she was banned from wearing a ‘purity ring’ in school, the High Court has ruled.”
BBC News, 16th July 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A teenager is due in the High Court to accuse her school of discriminating against Christians by banning the wearing of ‘purity rings’.”
BBC News, 22nd Juen 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Although the Race and Religious Hatred Act was passed 18 months ago it has yet to be brought into force. The many who regard it as superfluous fear it will be soon. Polly Botsford reports.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 7th June 2007
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
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