Dr John Sentamu, the Archbishop of York, has thrown a firecracker into the consultation on gay marriage, which is about to begin in March. In an interview with the Daily Telegraph he declared that he did not agree that it was the role of the state to define what marriage is. ”It is set in tradition and history and [...]
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Archbishop on warpath
Posted in Art. 14 | Anti-Discrimination, Art. 9 | Thought/Conscience/Religion, Discrimination, In the news, Public/Private, Religion, tagged church, Gay marriage on January 29, 2012 | 14 Comments »
Successful challenge to library closures: lip service not enough for equality duties – Shaheen Rahman
Posted in Art. 14 | Anti-Discrimination, Case summaries, Children, Spending cuts on November 24, 2011 | 1 Comment »
R (Green and others) v GLOUCESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL & SOMERSET COUNTY COUNCIL [2011] EWHC 2687 (Admin) – Read judgment In the administrative court, the decisions of two local authorities to withdraw funding for library services were held to be unlawful. The court held that the withdrawal of a local library might indirectly discriminate against people [...]
University funding, Scotland and a question of equality
Posted in Art. 14 | Anti-Discrimination, Discrimination, Education, European, In the news, Protocol 2 Art. 1 | Right to education, tagged Discrimination, Equality Act 2010, National Origin, nationality, Race, Scotland, University, University Fees on August 22, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Public Interest Lawyers (PIL), a solicitors’ firm, is planning to bring judicial review proceedings to challenge the Scottish government’s university funding scheme, which allows Scottish universities to charge students from other parts of the UK fees, while students from other parts of the EU and Scotland are not charged fees. Currently, non-Scottish students from elsewhere in the UK and Northern [...]
Equality and Human Rights Commission reverses position on religious cases intervention
Posted in Art. 14 | Anti-Discrimination, Art. 9 | Thought/Conscience/Religion, European, In the news, Religion on August 22, 2011 | 2 Comments »
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has reversed its plans to intervene in two European Court of Human Rights cases about religious discrimination. Last month the Commission announced that it would intervene in European Court of Human Rights cases on behalf of religious believers who failed to convince the UK courts that they were being [...]
A leap of faith?
Posted in Art. 14 | Anti-Discrimination, Art. 9 | Thought/Conscience/Religion, Employment, In the news, Religion, tagged EHRC, sexual orientation on July 20, 2011 | 8 Comments »
In the midst of all the coverage of the phone hacking scandal and the mounting woes of News Corporation an interesting piece of human rights news from the past week got lost: the announcement by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (“EHRC”) that it is applying to intervene in four cases before the European Court of [...]
Hey, teacher! Leave those cornrows alone
Posted in Art. 14 | Anti-Discrimination, Art. 9 | Thought/Conscience/Religion, Children, Discrimination, Education, In the news, tagged cornrows on June 20, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Updated | SG v St Gregory’s Catholic Science College [2011] EWHC 1452 (Admin) (17 June 2010) – Read judgment Most people have their first taste of injustice at school. This is hardly surprising: an institution containing hundreds of teenagers for whom rebellion is a biological imperative is always going to be difficult to control. In [...]
Should male circumcision be banned?
Posted in Art. 14 | Anti-Discrimination, Art. 3 | Torture / Inhumane Treatment, Art. 9 | Thought/Conscience/Religion, In the news, Medical, Religion on June 15, 2011 | 19 Comments »
Yesterday Neil Howard and Rebecca Steinfeld asked via guardian.co.uk whether it is Time to ban male circumcision? The article was prompted by attempts to ban the practice in San Francisco. Male circumcision is common amongst Muslims and Jews, but judging from the 286 comments (so far!) to the article, there are a lot of people who feel [...]
No win no fee and the litigation game – Professor Richard Moorhead
Posted in Art. 14 | Anti-Discrimination, Art. 6 | Right to Fair Trial, Case summaries, Employment, In the news on May 13, 2011 | Comments Off
Birmingham City Council v Barker (Equal Pay Act : Other establishments) (Rev 1) [2010] UKEAT 0056_10_0905 (9 May 2011) – Read jugment One of the allegations made about contingency fees is that they encourage lawyers to cut corners because they are not paid by the hour. It is an allegation which has been specifically made [...]
Litigating equality: a costly business?
Posted in Art. 11 | Freedom of Association, Art. 14 | Anti-Discrimination, Case law, Case summaries, Costs and Procedure, tagged Commission for Equality & Human Rights, Costs and Procedure, Equality Act, Freedom of Association, Racial equality on April 5, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Commission for Equality & Human Rights v Griffin, Lumby, Darby [2011] EWHC 675 (Admin) Read judgment The Commission for Equality & Human Rights has been ordered to pay costs of court proceedings to two members and a former member of the British National Party. Although the decision is a technical one relating only to costs [...]
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- T, R (on the application of) v Greater Manchester Police & Anor [2012] EWHC 147 (Admin) (09 February 2012) February 9, 2012Student fails in human rights challenge to Enhanced Criminal Records Certificate with warning incurred when he was 11 for theft of 2 bicycles
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- T, R (on the application of) v Greater Manchester Police & Anor [2012] EWHC 147 (Admin) (09 February 2012) February 9, 2012Student fails in human rights challenge to Enhanced Criminal Records Certificate with warning incurred when he was 11 for theft of 2 bicycles
- Othman v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] UKSIAC B1 (6 February 2012) February 8, 2012Terrorist suspect Abu Qatada granted bail on strict conditions. However, Secretary of State must show evidence of progress in his deportation in next 3 months then deprivation of liberty will no longer be justifiable.
- AT v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] EWCA Civ 42 (07 February 2012) February 7, 2012Control order of member of Libyan Islamic Fighting Group ruled unlawful as wasn't given enough information about case against him as mandated in A v UK
- Moussaoui, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] EWHC 126 (Admin) (03 February 2012) February 6, 2012Detention of Mentally ill foreign criminal pending deportation was unlawful as regular reviews not carried out. Given damages of £1
- Coogan v News Group Newspapers Ltd & Anor [2012] EWCA Civ 48 February 1, 2012Investigator Glen Mulcaire loses self-incrimination appeal against order that he should reveal phone hacking clients.
- D and S, R (on the application of) v Manchester City Council [2012] EWHC 17 (Admin) (12 January 2012) January 31, 2012Chalenge by 2 elderly disabled people to £17m adult social care cuts by Manchester City Council fails. Consultation and regard to equality duties adequate.
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Making a Fist of It: The Law and Obscenity
Posted in Art. 14 | Anti-Discrimination, Art. 8 | Right to Privacy/Family, Case comments, Criminal on January 9, 2012 | 6 Comments »
On Friday 6 January 2012, a historic case came to a conclusion in Courtroom 7 of Southwark Crown Court. Michael Peacock was unanimously acquitted, after a four-day trial that saw the outdated obscenity law of England and Wales in the dock. Peacock had been charged under the Obscene Publications Act 1959 for allegedly distributing ‘obscene’ [...]
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