MAGIC Circle law firms Clifford Chance, Linklaters, and Allen & Overy are listed in the 2023 Diversity Leaders in Europe List published by the Financial Times.
The List is created using data from surveys of employees’ opinions on their employers’ efforts to support five different types of diversity: gender balance, sexual orientation, age, ethnicity, and disability.
HR professionals and recruiters are all asked to participate in the study.
This fourth list of diversity leaders was created by FT and Statista (a German company specialising in market and consumer data), but once again it was forced to be based on employee impression surveys rather than published statistics. Because workers may exaggerate or underestimate a company’s actual efforts on inclusion, it is therefore impossible to be certain.
Stricter eligibility requirements this year have decreased the potential for misunderstanding: only businesses that have a formal written policy on diversity and inclusion or a visible commitment to diversity are ranked.
The Financial Times reported that the research shows little change in the diversity of workforces across the continent.
A BILL of Rights, proposed by Dominic Rennie Raab, the UK Deputy Prime Minister, and Justice Secretary, is causing “considerable concern,” in the City of London, it’s been reported.
According to senior members of major law firms and key stakeholders, there is a “widespread feeling amongst businesses that the Bill presents an unnecessary risk and problem”.
Stephen Denyer, the Law Society’s director of strategic relationships, said, “there is universal concern” that provisions in the Bill will “alter the relationship between the courts and Parliament in a way which would be perceived by businesses as removing legal protections they use to protect their rights when dealing with the state”.
He also insisted there is a concern in the City that any perceived weakening of human rights standards in the UK “would be used by our international competitor jurisdictions as an opportunity to persuade foreign entities not to choose English law and jurisdiction in respect of cross-border transactions and dispute”.
He said, “City lawyers who deal extensively with foreign clients, regulators, representative bodies, and governments tell me that all of these counterparties are greeting some of the provisions of the Bill with a mixture of surprise and horror.
“When taken together with other measures that are inconsistent with the UK’s established approach to its international obligations, this would have long-term negative consequences.
“These things could have a negative impact on the UK’s economic competitiveness, as global businesses would view the UK as a riskier place to invest and do business”, he added.
It is said that the Bill of Rights will come before Parliament “sooner rather than later,” albeit an exact date has not yet been determined.
Dominic Raab, while he was the justice secretary proposed this bill, but Liz Truss’ brief administration postponed it.
With a number of amendments, including a desire to firmly establish British law’s superiority over ECHR judgments, the legislation to replace the 1998 Human Rights Act was brought to parliament in June.
The application of human rights in legal claims against the government would likewise be subject to new limitations. Raab promised to enshrine greater freedom of the press and expression in legislation.
The sudden disappearance of the bill has raised questions over how the government intends to proceed with its Rwanda deportation policy, which was in limbo after the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) issued last-minute injunctions to prevent asylum seekers from being sent there.
Its detractors had said that it would not significantly change the UK’s relationship with the European Court of Justice and was unlikely to result in a settlement to the present impasse.
BLACK people who encounter racial discrimination, harassment, or abuse are far more likely to become homeless, according to a study led by Heriot-Watt University.
They are more than three times as likely as white individuals to face statutory homelessness in England, the report added.
Nearly one-third of black persons who have experienced homelessness also claims to have encountered discrimination from a public or private landlord.
It discovered “overwhelming” evidence that the rate of homelessness is disproportionately high in black and ethnic minority populations.
With the assistance of specialists in racial equality, housing, and homelessness and with financing from the Oak Foundation, the most recent report analyses ten sets of official data, including the census.
The study comes after a senior coroner determined that two-year-old Awaab Ishak’s death in his leased Rochdale apartment was caused by his continued exposure to mold.
It suggested that racism at Rochdale Boroughwide Housing, a social landlord, went unaddressed despite several complaints, Awaab’s parents, who are from Sudan, blamed it for their son’s passing.
The probability of homelessness is over 50 per cent higher for a typical, Black-led household reporting discrimination than it is for a similar, White-led household, with two-thirds of this effect being indirect due to poverty and housing circumstances.
Researchers think that characteristics including race, ethnicity and prejudice impact the probability of homelessness both directly and indirectly by increasing poverty or increasing the chance of renting rather than buying a house.
In contrast to Black homes, Asian households in the UK were shown to have lower rates of statutory and fundamental kinds of homelessness.
They were more inclined to deal with less obvious issues, such as crowding or “doubling up” with other homes.
It was shown that Pakistan and Bangladesh origin households are more likely to become homeless than those of Indian origin and other Asian countries.
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