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Caste discrimination UK: base-line data
Every week during the summer recess, Lords Hansard publishes written answers online to questions submitted by members of the Lords, and included in the Written Answers and Statements for 4 August is...
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Does “caste” fall within the definition of “race” in s 9 Equality Act 2010?
Chandhok & Anor v Tirkey (Race Discrimination) [2014] UKEAT 0190 14 1912 was an appeal against the refusal of Employment Judge Sigsworth to strike out some parts of a claim by Ms Tirkey. She had...
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Caste discrimination and the Equality Act 2010
Yesterday in the House of Lords the Government confirmed that it had no immediate plans to make caste discrimination illegal: a power recently inserted into the Equality Act 2010. The amended s 9...
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Religion and Law round-up – 8th February
An interesting week but one without much hard law: abortion in Ireland, assisted dying in Canada, “three-person IVF” – and do the Lords Spiritual exercise illegal “spiritual influence”? Abortion law...
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Caste discrimination legislation – a (long) timeline
A summary of the slow progress towards including caste discrimination as a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010 On 21 July, the National Secular Society and Lord Avebury wrote jointly...
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Prospective legislation – urban myth and fact
Examples of the uncertainties in relying upon prospective legislation Readers will be aware of the inability of certain sections of the media to distinguish between the legal implications of various...
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Caste discrimination again: Tirkey v Chandhok & Anor
Success for Claimant leaves the issue of caste unresolved The previous proceedings In Chandhok & Anor v Tirkey (Race Discrimination) [2014] UKEAT 0190 14 1912, about which we posted in December, Ms...
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Religion and law round-up – 4th October
Scottish charities, caste, mental capacity, incense not a “legal high”, a new initiative on freedom of religion & belief – and the pitfalls of machine translation Consultation on guidance for...
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Law and religion round-up – 17th July
A week of unexpected events, from the premature election of a new Prime Minister to the tragic deaths in Nice and those in the attempted coup in Turkey… Brexit Basics 4 When it seemed as though there...
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Forthcoming public consultation on caste and Equality Act 2010
On 2 September the Government announced that it is to undertake a full public consultation on the issue of caste and the Equality Act 2010. A key aim of the consultation will be to obtain the views of...
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