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Settled Gypsies could be forced back on to the road by new planning laws – The Independent

Posted September 21st, 2015 in equality, news, planning, travellers by sally

‘Gypsies and Travellers across Britain will be driven off sites they have made their home by new planning laws requiring them to prove that they are still itinerant. The move could cause a large increase in the number of unauthorised roadside camps, and force many families – including the infirm and those with children in school – on to the road against their will.’

The Independent, 19th September 2015

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Judge quashes decision by Pickles refusing permission for gypsy site – Local Government Lawyer

Posted August 26th, 2015 in inquiries, ministers' powers and duties, news, planning, travellers by sally

‘A High Court judge has quashed a decision by the former Communities Secretary Eric Pickles to refuse planning permission for a site where a gypsy and his family have lived since 2008.’

Local Government Lawyer, 25th August 2015

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

Ofcom clears Top Gear over ‘pikey’ pun – BBC News

Posted July 28th, 2015 in BBC, complaints, media, news, travellers by sally

‘Ofcom has backed a BBC Trust decision not to censure the BBC over using the word “pikey” in an edition of Top Gear.’

BBC News, 27th July 2015

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Travellers in legal victory against JD Wetherspoon after delegates denied pub entry – Daily Telegraph

Posted May 19th, 2015 in damages, licensed premises, news, racism, travellers by sally

‘Lawyers successfully argue that group of 15 people were discriminated against when they were denied entry to The Coronet pub.’

Daily Telegraph, 18th May 2015

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Moore v Secretary of State: The Consequences for Gypsy and Traveller Planning –

Posted April 29th, 2015 in enforcement notices, local government, news, planning, race discrimination, travellers by sally

‘Charmaine Moore a Romani Gypsy and a single mother of 3 dependent children. She and one of her daughters are disabled. She owns and occupies land in the London Borough of Bromley. In 2010 she applied for planning permission to live on her land. That application has still to be determined finally. The application was a modest one “change of use – private Gypsy and Traveller Caravan Site comprising pitch, accommodating one mobile home and one touring caravan”. She has never sought more.’

Full story (PDF)

No. 5 Chambers, 24th April 2015

Source: www.no5.com

The Big Fat Gypsy Judicial Review – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted February 27th, 2015 in codes of practice, complaints, human rights, media, news, privacy, racism, travellers by tracey

‘Traveller Movement v Ofcom and Channel 4, [2015] EWHC 406 (Admin), 20 February 2015. One of the nation’s great televisual fascinations last week became the unlikely subject of an Administrative Court judgment that demonstrates the limits of common law standards of fairness, as well as the lightness of touch applied by the courts when reviewing the decision-making of the media regulator.’

UK Human Rights Blog, 26th February 2015

Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com

Judge rules that Mr Pickles unlawfully discriminated against Gypsies and Travellers – Garden Court Chambers Blog

Posted February 13th, 2015 in appeals, equality, ministers' powers and duties, news, planning, race discrimination, travellers by tracey

‘Marc Willers QC explores the recent High Court judgment in which it was found that the conduct of Eric Pickles, the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, constituted indirect discrimination against Romany Gypsies and Irish Travellers.’

Garden Court Chambers, 12th February 2015

Source: www.gclaw.wordpress.com

Eric Pickles ‘breached’ Green Belt Gypsies’ human rights – BBC News

Posted January 22nd, 2015 in equality, human rights, news, planning, travellers by sally

‘Communities Secretary Eric Pickles “unlawfully discriminated” against Romany Gypsies wanting pitches in the Green Belt, the High Court has ruled.’

BBC News, 21st January 2015

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Gypsies and Travellers: “A litmus test not of democracy but of civil society” – No. 5 Chambers

Posted January 6th, 2015 in equality, housing, human rights, news, planning, race discrimination, travellers by sally

‘“[T]here is force in the observation attributed to Václav Havel, no doubt informed by the dire experience of central Europe: “The Gipsies are a litmus test not of democracy but of civil society”.” So said Lord Bingham of Cornhill in the House of Lords in South Buckinghamshire DC v Porter (No 1).’

No. 5 Chambers, 18th December 2014

Source: www.no5.com

Rise in racist, religious and homophobic hate crimes in London – The Independent

Posted December 3rd, 2014 in crime, hate crime, homosexuality, London, news, police, racism, religiously aggravated offences, travellers, violence by sally

‘Hate crimes motivated by racism, religion and homophobia have significantly increased in London over the past year, a new report has warned.’

The Independent, 2nd December 2014

Source: www.independent.co.uk

County loses appeal over support for disabled Roma child who moves out of area – Local Government Lawyer

Posted November 26th, 2014 in appeals, children, disabled persons, local government, news, travellers by sally

‘A county council has lost a Court of Appeal bid to overturn a ruling that the authority had the power to provide support for a disabled child even when his Roma Gypsy family are working in different parts of the country and outside its borders.’

Local Government Lawyer, 25th November 2014

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

Newport ‘slavery’ victim Darrell Simester speaks of ordeal – BBC News

Posted November 4th, 2014 in forced labour, learning difficulties, news, travellers, victims by sally

‘It was a case that lifted the lid on modern day “slavery” in Wales. David Daniel Doran was jailed last month for forcing a vulnerable man to work unpaid at a farm near Newport. Now as BBC Wales’ Week In Week Out programme delves further into the case, we take an look at some of the issues raised.’

BBC News, 4th November 2014

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

One in 20 prisoners are gipsies, says official report – Daily Telegraph

Posted March 12th, 2014 in news, ombudsmen, prisons, statistics, travellers, young offenders by tracey

‘ Gipsies make up one in 20 of the jail population, according to a new report by an official watchdog. Research by Nick Hardwick, the Chief Inspector of Prisons, found gipsies and travellers were “significantly over represented” in adult prisons in England and Wales, making up 5 per cent of the total.’

Daily Telegraph, 11th March 2014

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Village wins four year battle against illegal travellers’ site – Daily Telegraph

Posted February 19th, 2014 in appeals, human rights, inquiries, local government, news, planning, Supreme Court, travellers by sally

‘The residents of Hardhorn, in Lancashire, won at the Supreme Court but still face a £200,000 legal bill.’

Daily Telegraph, 19th February 2014

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

High Court rules on provision of care for nomadic Gypsy/Traveller children – Halsbury’s Law Exchange

Posted January 20th, 2014 in benefits, children, disabled persons, equality, human rights, judicial review, local government, news, travellers by sally

‘Marc Willers analyses the impact of a High Court ruling which gave an important judgment on the provision of care for nomadic Gypsy and Traveller children.’

Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 17th January 2014

Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.com

The need for Gypsies and Travellers to respond to the Government’s balance of competences review on fundamental rights – Garden Court Chambers Blog

Posted December 16th, 2013 in complaints, EC law, evidence, human rights, news, travellers by sally

‘Marc Willers explains why it is so important that Gypsies and Travellers respond to the Government’s balance of competences review on fundamental rights by submitting evidence before 13 January 2014.

Garden Court Chambers Blog, 13th December 2013

Source: www.gclaw.wordpress.com

Council ordered to fund support for disabled Roma boy when outside area – Local Government Lawyer

Posted December 9th, 2013 in benefits, children, disabled persons, judicial review, local government, news, social services, travellers by sally

‘A High Court judge has ruled that a council has the power to provide support for a disabled child even when his Roma Gypsy family are working in different parts of the country and outside the council’s borders.’

Local Government Lawyer, 6th December 2013

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

Romany Travellers win permission for judicial review over site provision – Local Government Lawyer

Posted November 18th, 2013 in appeals, enforcement notices, injunctions, judicial review, local government, news, planning, time limits, travellers by sally

“A High Court judge has given a group of Romany Travellers permission for a judicial review over a council’s decision to evict them from an unauthorised site on Green Belt land.”

Local Government Lawyer, 18th November 2013

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

Legal proceedings begin against travellers occupying NHS car park – Daily Telegraph

Posted October 23rd, 2013 in hospitals, news, repossession, squatting, travellers by tracey

“Legal proceedings start against a group of French travellers occupying a hospital car park in Newport, south Wales.”

Daily Telegraph, 22nd October 2013

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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