Post by Admin on Mar 26, 2017 21:27:19 GMT
Religious dress and discrimination case - a quick look (21 January 2015)
Religious discrimination featured in the press last week when it was reported in the Telegraph that Mr Amrik Bilkhu, a Sikh criminal defence solicitor, had secured compensation against the Ministry of Justice. The reports on the dispute summarise the facts as follows. Mr Bilkhu attended at HMP Belmarsh in October 2013 to visit a client and was reportedly refused entry on the grounds that his turban was held together by four pins. Mr Bilkhu issued proceedings in the County Court for religious discrimination and the claim was settled with an undisclosed payment of compensation and legal costs. There is no reported judgment on the case because it was settled before the final hearing that had been listed to be heard in May 2014.
www.lawandreligionuk.com/2015/01/21/religious-discrimination-and-the-ministry-of-justice-a-quick-look-at-religious-dress-and-discrimination/
Religious discrimination featured in the press last week when it was reported in the Telegraph that Mr Amrik Bilkhu, a Sikh criminal defence solicitor, had secured compensation against the Ministry of Justice. The reports on the dispute summarise the facts as follows. Mr Bilkhu attended at HMP Belmarsh in October 2013 to visit a client and was reportedly refused entry on the grounds that his turban was held together by four pins. Mr Bilkhu issued proceedings in the County Court for religious discrimination and the claim was settled with an undisclosed payment of compensation and legal costs. There is no reported judgment on the case because it was settled before the final hearing that had been listed to be heard in May 2014.
www.lawandreligionuk.com/2015/01/21/religious-discrimination-and-the-ministry-of-justice-a-quick-look-at-religious-dress-and-discrimination/