“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
“An inquiry into discrimination in the UK’s biggest police force is to begin.”
BBC News, 18th February 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An Asian detective locked in a race battle with Scotland Yard has lost his appeal against a decision clearing his employer of victimisation.”
The Independent, 17th February 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The British Refugee Council has been ordered to pay one of its former employees £30,000 in compensation after a tribunal ruled that it was guilty of racial discrimination when it sacked the only two black people working at an immigration centre.”
The Independent, 20th January 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A Muslim woman responsible for promoting racial and religious diversity within the UK’s largest police force has withdrawn a claim of discrimination.”
The Independent, 14th January 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Bosses at one of Britain’s biggest banks reigned over an ‘institutionally sexist environment’, according to a Muslim woman suing the firm and two senior managers for £16.7m for sexual, religious and racial harassment.”
The Guardian, 7th January 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A senior Scotland Yard commander will launch his claim of racial discrimination against the Metropolitan Police today.”
The Guardian, 17th December 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Britain’s most senior Asian policeman has agreed to a six-figure out-of-court settlement after accusing Sir Ian Blair of being a racist.”
The Times, 26th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The government must take a fresh look at policy if over-representation of people from black and minority ethnic (BME) communities in the criminal justice system is to be addressed, according to a new study published today.”
The Guardian, 17th November 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Vinod Rajdev claims that colleagues at software provider Civica routinely taunted him and joked that he was an al-Qaeda terrorist ‘mastermind’.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Britain’s highest-ranking Asian police officer, Assistant Commissioner Tarique Ghaffur, is due to reach an out-of-court settlement with the Metropolitan police over his employment tribunal claim for racial discrimination before Commissioner Sir Ian Blair leaves office next month, a source has told the Guardian.”
The Guardian, 5th November 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A judge’s membership of a Jewish association whose magazine had expressed extreme views against Palestinian causes did not in itself imply that the judge shared or endorsed such views so as to require her determination of an immigration appeal by a Palestinian activist to be set aside.”
WLR Daily, 23rd October 2008
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.
“A black magistrate claims she suffered a nine-year campaign of discrimination by senior court officials and was unfairly denied promotion due to her colour.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th October 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has announced an assessment of how ethnic minority officers are treated in police forces throughout England and Wales.”
BBC News, 6th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Ali Dizaei, the controversial Scotland Yard commander who is president of the National Black Police Association, was suspended from duty last night.”
The Times, 19th September 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The legal profession’s attempts to attract applicants from more diverse backgrounds are being undermined by continuing public disputes, including rows about the cutting of legal aid fees and claims of racial discrimination, it is feared.”
The Guardian, 15th September 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Metropolitan police is facing another racial discrimination claim from a senior employee amid allegations that a failure of leadership in the force is allowing prejudice to flourish.”
The Guardian, 11th September 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A former executive at al-Jazeera English seeking more than £1m compensation for alleged discrimination today branded the Qatar-based news channel’s management ‘inconsistent, inefficient and malicious’ at an employment tribunal in London.”
The Guardian, 9th September 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Tarique Ghaffur, Britain’s most senior Asian police officer, has been relieved of his duty by the Metropolitan Police, the Daily Telegraph can disclose.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th September 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“One of the two senior Asian officers suing the Metropolitan Police for racial discrimination has lost his claim after alleging that a ‘golden circle’ of white officers had been chosen to run Britain’s largest force.”
The Independent, 2nd September 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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