“Britain’s most senior woman judge gave warning last night that the Government’s proposed overhaul of equality laws would not close the pay or gender gap.”
The Times, 20th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Government guidance on cohesion is thought to have spurred some councils to stop funding black and minority ethnic charities. But now a high court victory could force a serious rethink. Saba Salman reports.”
The Guardian, 30th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The co-head of White & Case’s banking practice says that, for her, becoming a solicitor felt ‘normal'”
The Times, 14th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Britain’s most senior police officer was forced to defend his record on race yesterday, telling a tribunal that it would have been an ‘extraordinary aberration’ if he had tried to block the promotion of an ethnic minority colleague.”
The Times, 11th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Sir Ian Blair, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, will come face to face today with a senior officer who has accused him of holding back black and Asian detectives in favour of a ‘golden circle’ of white officers.”
The Times, 10th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Does one betray or does one defend Western values by allowing those committed to destroying them to be exposed to practices that are anti-Western?”
The Times, 26th June 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Too few women and people from black and Asian backgrounds are appointed judges, Jack Straw has told MPs.”
BBC News, 13th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has formally kicked off its review into the disproportionate number of lawyers from black and ethnic minorities who are subject to SRA investigation, by selecting a working party and setting out the terms of its review.”
Legal Week, 20th March 2008
Source: www.legalweek.com
“Dame Heather Hallett of the Judicial Appointments Commission says it is trying hard to encourage diversity, but progress is slow.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th February 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Solicitors’ Regulation Authority (SRA) has been attacked for taking action that will undermine the diversity of the British legal profession.”
The Lawyer, 4th February 2008
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“Hundreds of foreign lawyers who come to England every year to practise as solicitors face tough new curbs that law firms say will undermine London’s position in the global legal market.”
The Times, 4th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Eight major law firms have joined a programme aiming to improve the development of black and ethnic minority lawyers.”
Legal Week, 22nd January 2008
Source: www.legalweek.com
“Scotland Yard is spending £15,000 on ethnically diverse police mascots after complaints that PCSO Steve, its current rubber representative, is too white, too male, and too blond.”
The Times, 20th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The chief executive of the SRA says it is determined to understand why certain groups figure more highly in some areas of regulation.”
The Times, 24th October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A black police leader has reignited controversy in one of the most sensitive areas of British policing by suggesting that more people from ethnic minorities must be stopped and searched to tackle violent crime.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd October 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Jack Straw is facing calls for a review of the solicitors’ regulatory watchdog after allegations yesterday from black lawyers and one of Britain’s most senior black police officers that it is ‘institutionally racist.’ ”
The Times, 19th October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Lecture by Mrs Justice Dobbs at Queen Mary, University of London.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 18th October 2007
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“Britain’s only black High Court judge last night condemned the ‘woefully slow’ rate of progress over opening up the judiciary to non-white candidates.”
The Times, 18th October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Black and Muslim solicitors have accused Britain’s legal watchdog of racial discrimination and want to break away to establish their own watchdog body.”
The Times, 16th October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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