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Equality Act

October 19, 2020

Campaigners say changes to care homes visiting guidance do not go far enough

The new guidance ignores the extremely destructive effect of suspending visits, particularly on people with dementia, say campaigners.
October 8, 2018

Majority of young men likely to tackle sexual harrassment after #MeToo

New research from The Fawcett Society has found that one year on from the outpouring of #MeToo stories, there has been a significant shift in attitudes to sexual harassment.
October 3, 2018

Majority of young men more likely to challenge sexual harassment since #MeToo

Research shows a significant shift in attitudes to sexual harassment.
August 15, 2018

Landmark ruling on exclusion of disabled pupils from schools

The level of exclusions of pupils with a special educational need or disability has risen dramatically in recent years.
March 28, 2018

Number of working age people with cancer rises 10% in five years

Too many cancer patients are unaware of their employer’s legal obligations, says Macmillan Cancer Support.
November 10, 2017

Trade Bill 'risks handing our rights to the highest bidder'

Liberty and the Public Law Project have warned that the Government’s Trade Bill, which was quietly published on Tuesday, would allow ministers to unilaterally rewrite laws like the Equality Act and the Modern Slavery Act at the request of a foreign power.
March 1, 2017

Disabled woman resorts to suing shops that deny her access

A wheelchair user in Cambridge has begun court proceedings against eight businesses that have refused her requests to install ramps that would allow her to access them.
August 7, 2013

Liberty responds to Home Office 'go home' vans

The civil liberties and human rights organisation Liberty responsed to the Home Office’s 'Go home' vans by putting its own van on the streets of London yesterday.
July 31, 2013

Bedroom tax ruling ‘devastating news’ for disabled families, says Shelter

The High Court dismissal of a legal challenge to the ‘bedroom tax’ will increase the risk of homelessness for disabled families and vulnerable children, says Shelter.
February 13, 2013

Only ‘legal miracle’ would force faith groups to marry same-sex couples

“For the European Court of Human Rights to compel a religious body or its adherents to conduct a religious marriage of a same sex couple would require a legal miracle much greater than the parting of the Red Sea for the Children of Israel to cross from Egypt,” stated Lord Pannick QC.