“The body that regulates solicitors has been discriminating against ethnic minority lawyers and subjecting them to potentially ruinous investigations, an independent report has concluded.”
The Guardian, 14th August 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The country’s most senior Asian officer has suspended an employment tribunal claim in which he had accused the Metropolitan Police of racism.”
BBC News, 18th July 2008
Source: www.bb.co.uk
Regina (E) v Governing Body of JFS and Others; Regina (E) v Schools Adjudicator and Others
Queen’s Bench Division
“Faith schools which gave priority to children of their designated faith in the event of oversubscription did not directly or indirectly racially discriminate against non-members of the faith.”
The Times, 18th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
“Scotland Yard is to be sued for racism by its most senior Asian officer after mediation talks between the two sides broke down.”
The Guardian, 18th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Centrum voor gelijkheid van kansen en voor racismbestrijding v Firma Feryn
Court of Justice of the European Communities
“Public statements by an employer that it would not recruit employees of a certain racial or ethnic origin constituted direct discrimination in respect of recruitment, within the Community race discrimination directive, even though there was no identifiable complainant contending that he had been the victim of discrimination.”
The Times, 16th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
“Ex-Gurkhas who claim they have been racially discriminated against by the UK government have won the right to stage a High Court challenge.”
BBC News, 15th July 2008
Surce: www.bbc.co.uk
“Public statements that persons of particular racial origins were not acceptable as candidates for an employment post prima facie constituted direct discrimination for the purposes of Directive 2000/43 on equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin, even if no particular complainant could be identified, but it was open to the employer to establish that no infringement of the principle of equal treatment was involved.”
WLR Daily, 11th July 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.
“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
“Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary, is being pressured to intervene in a race row after chief constables were accused of ignoring an inquiry into discrimination against Muslim officers.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th June 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The country’s most senior police officer was accused yesterday of excluding black and Asian detectives in favour of a ‘golden circle’ of white officers.”
The Times, 24th June 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The case of the Cynon Valley schoolgirl sent home for wearing a Sikh religious bracelet will be heard by a High Court judge in London later.”
BBC News, 17th June 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The family of a Sikh girl excluded from school for wearing a religious bangle will hand in a petition to Downing Street.”
BBC News, 13th June 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An Iranian-born solicitor has launched an unprecedented £10m claim against the Law Society and the solicitors’ regulatory body for racial and religious discrimination, harassment and victimisation.”
The Guardian, 26th May 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“S 54A of the Race Relations Act 1976, which implemented Council Directive 2000/43/EC, on its true construction shifted the burden of proof upon a respondent to disprove discrimination in relation only to a complaint of discrimination and not to a complaint of victimisation.”
WLR Daily, 6th May 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 town council is being advised to stop prayers before meetings or face the threat of legal action under race discrimination or human rights laws.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th March 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A Sikh policeman is set to receive a five-figure damages award for racial discrimination after a police force rejected a dozen applications from him to join.”
The Times, 26th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The case of a 14-year-old Sikh girl excluded from school for wearing a religious bangle will be heard in the high court, it was decided today.”
The Guardian, 23rd January 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The careers of women and ethnic minority civil servants working at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office are held back by a glass ceiling that is supported by an inherited culture of discrimination, it was alleged yesterday.”
The Independent, 17th January 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A teacher who was called a ‘bloody immigrant’ and a ‘nigger’ by pupils and advised by a colleague to go to work in a ‘more ethnically diverse school’ if she wanted promotion, has won her case for unfair dismissal.”
The Times, 11th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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