“Setting targets to appoint more judges from among women and members of the ethnic minorities should be considered if the judiciary does not make itself more diverse within the next five years, peers recommend.”
The Guardian, 28th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“New arrangements for appointing senior judges are needed to ensure a more diverse judiciary, according to a report published on Monday. It calls for the concept of ‘merit’ to be redefined and raises concerns that one branch of government risks becoming a self-perpetuating oligarchy.”
The Guardian, 26th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“I [Elisabeth Laing QC] consider 6 topics in this paper
(1) the legislative framework
(2) the implied duty to assess need
(3) community groups
(4) Equality Impact Assessments (‘EIAs’) and libraries
(5) institutional arrangements
(6) the Localism Act 2011.”
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11 KBW, 22nd March 2012
Source: www.11kbw.com
“Since the Coalition Government came into power, ‘doing more with less’ has become a typical catchphrase. Cutting public services, charging for services, or finding a more economically attractive way of delivering public services has been a requirement for most, if not all, public authorities.”
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11 KBW, 22nd March 2012
Source: www.11kbw.com
“Women lawyers overwhelmingly oppose the introduction of quotas as a tool to help more of them into senior positions in firms, it emerged at an international conference last week.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 15th March 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“With power and responsibility, thus spake Parliament, comes the obligation to take a proactive stance in the advancement of equality and elimination of discrimination. Accordingly a public authority can face legal challenges in the exercise of its functions not just for its acts but for its omissions. Enter the public sector equality duty.”
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Cloisters, March 2012
Source: www.cloisters.com
“Two Christian guesthouse owners are considering taking their legal fight against rulings of discrimination to the Supreme Court.”
BBC News, 12th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A report on the status of Christianity in the UK says equality laws should cover people with religious beliefs.”
BBC News, 27th February 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Following the news recently it would seem that the UK is convulsed by a raging battle between religious observers and, in the words of Baroness Warsi, militant secularists. On the same day, the High Court ruled that Christian prayers held before a council meeting were unlawful, and the Court of Appeal upheld the decision of the High Court that two Christian hotel owners had discriminated against gay clients by not offering them a double room.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 19th February 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Two students, Callum Hurley and Katy Moore, have failed in their High Court attempt to overturn the Government’s decision to allow universities to almost treble tuition fees.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th February 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The high court is to rule on whether ministers acted legally in allowing universities to charge tuition fees of up to £9,000 a year from this autumn.”
The Guardian, 17th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“This paper deals with the present state of the law concerning the Public Sector Quality Duty (‘the PSED’) and how public bodies are required to act in order to comply with the duty.”
No. 5 Chambers, 6th February 2012
Source: www.no5.com
“Judges know the new ratings scheme for advocates is misconceived and over-elaborate. But they don’t want anyone else doing it.”
The Guardian, 14th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Unmarried couples who live together for five years will automatically take their partner’s entire estate if they die without a will, under proposals from the Government’s law advisers.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th December 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Trevor Phillips, the head of Britain’s equality watchdog, has attacked the ‘thoroughly bonkers’ misuse of the Human Rights Act – and warned that it must not become the ‘exclusive property of minorities’.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th December 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“One of the last barriers to women being treated equally in the armed forces was lifted on Thursday when the Ministry of Defence announced that they will soon be allowed to serve onboard Royal Navy submarines.”
The Guardian, 8th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Tougher sentences for hate crimes, support for transgender pupils in schools, and tailored recruitment advice for businesses are just some of the actions in the first transgender equality plan launched by the government today.”
Home Office, 8th December 2011
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
General, Equal and Certain: Law Reform Today and Tomorrow (PDF)
Speech by Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, Master of The Rolls
Lord Renton Lecture 2011, 28th November 2011
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“It’s far from clear the government’s proposed new panel will succeed in appointing more women and BAME judges.”
The Guardian, 22nd November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Judges need to be given ‘appraisals’ to point out where they are talking too much or jumping to conclusions, one of Britain’s top law chiefs has said.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th November 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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