‘Twenty years ago, 10-year-old schoolboy Damilola Taylor was stabbed in the leg and left to die in a south London stairwell. It took six years and three trials for brothers Danny and Ricky Preddie to be convicted of manslaughter. They were aged 12 and 13 at the time of the killing.’
BBC News, 27th November 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘In R (on the application of Z and another) (AP) (Appellants) v Hackney London Borough Council and another (Respondents) UKSC 2019/0162, the Supreme Court held that it was lawful for a housing association to provide social housing only to Orthodox Jews, in its first ever ruling on positive action. In this blog, Charlotte Goodman, an equality law barrister at Cloisters, considers the importance of the judgment.’
Cloisters, 6th November 2020
Source: www.cloisters.com
‘Britain’s biggest police force must hire 40% of new recruits from ethnic minority backgrounds, while officers will have to justify stop and search to community panels under new plans designed to quell the race crisis engulfing Scotland Yard.’
The Guardian, 13th November 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has called for police traffic stops to be reviewed to look at whether black people are disproportionately affected by some police tactics.’
BBC News, 13th November 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘More than a few are eyeing the value of rooftops on residential tower blocks of flats.’
The 36 Group, October 2020
Source: 36group.co.uk
‘The London assembly’s police and crime committee has written to the lord chancellor, Robert Buckland, amid concerns over a “toxic combination” of falling convictions in rape and sexual offence cases despite a rise in reports and a backlog of cases in the courts.’
The Guardian, 26th October 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Brent Council has won a High Court dispute over the ownership of a community centre site and secured an injunction restraining the defendants from making any applications to register a restriction against the property.’
Local Government Lawyer, 6th October 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A judge has strongly criticised a London borough over its handling of the assessment of a family’s accommodation needs.’
Local Government Lawyer, 24th September 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘One of Britain’s most senior police officers has launched an angry tirade against Extinction Rebellion protesters going “all floppy” when they get arrested.’
The Guardian, 16th September 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Licensed Taxi Drivers’ Association (LDTA) plans a legal challenge to London mayor Sadiq Khan and Transport for London (TfL) over their Streetspace policy.’
Local Government Lawyer, 21st August 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Stop and searches in London rose by 40% during lockdown and a lower proportion of them led to arrests, figures show.’
The Guardian, 25th August 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Court of Appeal has found for the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan in a case brought by minicab drivers, despite judges being troubled by aspects of his actions.’
Local Government Lawyer, 13th August 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Metropolitan Police officers are four times more likely to use force against black people compared with the white population, new figures have suggested.’
BBC News, 30th July 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Origins software produced by Trevor Phillips’s firm allows users to profile suspects, says company.
The Guardian, 27th July 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘London councils have called on the government to suspend the controversial “no recourse to public funds” (NRPF) immigration status during the coronavirus pandemic to prevent a rise in homelessness.’
The Guardian, 8th July 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Two joint property owners have been found guilty of illegally sub-dividing a building into seven substandard flats in a prosecution brought by the London Borough of Camden.’
Local Government Lawyer, 25th June 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A survivors’ group has secured a total of more than £46m compensation for 1,340 people who suffered “horrific” abuse in children’s care homes that were infiltrated by paedophiles over several decades.’
The Guardian, 25th June 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A man who suffered a broken wrist and damage to his arm and shoulder after he was detained outside his home in what he believes was a wrongful racist arrest is suing the Metropolitan police over his injuries.’
The Guardian, 15th June 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The London Borough of Waltham Forest has won two appeals over reductions made by the First-Tier Tribunal to penalty notices for unlicensed flat rentals.’
Local Government Lawyer, 11th June 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Boris Johnson will find out on Thursday if he faces a criminal investigation into his relationship with an American businesswoman while he was mayor of London.’
The Guardian, 20th May 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
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