Court of Appeal; Sir Keith Lindblom, Males and Elisabeth Laing LJJ, [2022] EWCA Civ 457, 5 April 2022
The Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal, based on the PSED, from the order of Kerr LJ refusing the claimant’s application for statutory and judicial review of experimental traffic orders (ETOs) creating Low Traffic Neighbourhoods which had been made by the respondent. Continue reading
22 September 2020 saw the publication of the Government response to its consultation on proposed changes to the Gender Recognition Act 2004. The response was as short as it was long-awaited: 421 words, 23 months after consultation closed. Continue reading
It was widely reported on 9 September that the Garrick Club, whose membership has included such luminaries as Charles Dickens, A. A. Milne Laurence Olivier and John Gielgud, is facing a legal challenge to its exclusion of women from membership. Continue reading
High levels of concern are being expressed on Twitter about the equality implications of arrangements for the BTPC examinations, which are to be taken in August online either remotely or in a test centre. Continue reading
June 2020’s Counsel magazine carried an article by Rachel Barrett of Cloisters entitled “Is a pandemic the right time to be thinking about diversity issues at the Bar?”. Continue reading
The European Committee of Social Rights, which is responsible for compliance with the European Social Charter, announced on 29 June 2020 that it had found that 14 of the 15 countries which apply the Charter’s collective complaints procedure were in breach of rights to equal pay and equal opportunities at work. Continue reading
The Home Affairs Committee is currently taking evidence on policing and race, including the policing of the covid-19 lockdown, as part of its inquiry into The Macpherson Report: twenty-one years on. Continue reading
The July 2020 print issue of Counsel magazine carries an article by Lesley Thomas QC (until recently joint head of Garden Court chambers, now also a professor of law at Gresham College) subtitled “Let’s talk about race. Forget the guilt and take action. Bias is implicit and often unconscious. It takes great courage to change the system. It benefits us all.” Continue reading
In news that is unlikely to come as a surprise to many of us, The Times reported on 20 April 2020 that “Men dominate jobs offering highest pay”. Continue reading
In R (Tigere) v Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills [2015] UKSC 57, [2016] 1 All ER 191, [2015] ELR 455 the Supreme Court ruled that the unavailability of student funding to the claimant, who had discretionary leave to remain in the UK, breached Art 14 ECHR and A1P1, though it upheld a requirement for three years’ lawful residence. Continue reading
