Jewish case may hit other schools – BBC News
“The case of a Jewish school accused of breaching race relations laws over admissions could have ramifications for other faith schools, ministers say.”
BBC News, 27th October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: race discrimination
Black detective claims racial discrimination against Met – Daily Telegraph
“A black detective who was racially abused by two of the former Stephen Lawrence murder suspects is claiming that Metropolitan Police discriminated against him at work.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd October 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
BNP debate ‘illegal’, warns Hain – BBC News
“The BBC could face legal action over British National Party leader Nick Griffin’s appearance on Question Time, Welsh Secretary Peter Hain has warned.”
BBC News, 19th October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Officer wins turban row tribunal – BBC News
“A Sikh police officer who was told to remove his turban during riot training has won his discrimination case against Greater Manchester Police.”
BBC News, 1st October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Sikh police officer ‘left humiliated for refusing to remove turban during training’ – Daily Telegraph
“A Sikh police officer was ‘humiliated’ by his Greater Manchester Police colleagues after refusing to remove his turban for training and undergoing practices that would breach his faith, an employment tribunal heard.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th September 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
British National Party forced to admit non-whites – The Times
“The British National Party is poised to give up its whites-only membership policy after a legal challenge accusing it of racial discrimination.”
The Times, 4th September 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
BNP face legal action over membership rules – Daily Telegraph
“The Equality and Human Rights Commission are taking legal action against the British National Party over concerns about its admissions policy.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th August 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Jewish school wins right to appeal against ruling its entry policy was racist – The Guardian
“Europe’s largest Jewish school succeeded today in winning leave to appeal against a court judgment that said its entry policy was racist.”
The Guardian, 3rd August 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Race complaints by Sikh police officer upheld by tribunal – The Independent
“A Sikh police officer suffered racist and religious discrimination during training, an employment tribunal found.”
The Independent, 27th July 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Sacked officer loses race claim – BBC News
“A claim of racial discrimination and unfair dismissal by a police community support officer has been thrown out at an employment tribunal.”
BBC News, 10th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Regina (E) v Governing Body of JFS and Others; Regina (E) v Schools Adjudicator and Others – Times Law Reports
Regina (E) v Governing Body of JFS and Others; Regina (E) v Schools Adjudicator and Others
Court of Appeal
“A Jewish school which restricted its intake to Jews, as defined by the Office of the Chief Rabbi, while making no requirement of practice or faith, discriminated racially against applicants who were not Jewish by descent or orthodox conversion.”
The Times, 8th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
BNP ‘could face court injunction’ – BBC News
“The British National Party could face legal action over its membership policies, the Equality and Human Rights Commission has said.”
BBC News, 23rd June 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Rank Nemo (DMS) Ltd and Others v Coutinho – Times Law Reports
Rank Nemo (DMS) Ltd and Others v Coutinho
Court of Appeal
“An employment tribunal had no jurisdiction to enforce a discrimination compensation award it made to an employee; however, if the employee had entered a county court judgment on the award and the employer still failed to pay the money, then the employment tribunal could link the failure to post-employment discrimination and victimisation in order to assume jurisdiction to enforce the judgment.”
The Times, 8th June 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Rank Nemo (DMS) Ltd and others v Coutinho – WLR Daily
Rank Nemo (DMS) Ltd and others v Coutinho [2009] EWCA Civ 454; [2009] WLR (D) 163
“The failure of an employer to pay compensation awarded to an employee for race discrimination, even after such compensation award had been converted into a county court judgment, could amount to victimisation of the employee after termination of his employment, for the purposes of a claim under s 4(2) of the Race Relations Act 1976.”
WLR Daily, 21st May 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Navy officer loses racism claim – BBC News
“A black Royal Navy officer has lost his claim for racial discrimination
BBC News, 7th May 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Courts are racist, says black magistrate – The Times
“A black magistrate claimed yesterday that a culture of courtroom racism routinely saw innocent ethnic minority defendants found guilty before being handed the harshest possible jail sentence.”
The Times, 9th April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Work-permit policy for trainees ‘discrimination’, appeal tribunal rules – Law Society’s Gazette
“Law firms that refuse to consider training contract applications from students who would need a work permit are having to review the policy following a ruling last week. The Employment Appeal Tribunal upheld a finding of indirect race discrimination on the grounds of nationality against top-30 firm Osborne Clarke.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 19th February 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Met discrimination inquiry begins – BBC News
“An inquiry into discrimination in the UK’s biggest police force is to begin.”
BBC News, 18th February 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
