Are you being treated fairly?

Equality law exists to ensure that all people in the UK are entitled to the same rights and freedoms, regardless of their race, creed, or other characteristics.

The Human Rights Act of 1998, which was inspired by the European Convention on Human Rights, has had an effect on equality law in the UK. One such example occurs in Article 9 of the act, which specifies the right of every person in the UK to have freedom of thought, conscience and religion.

More recently, the Equality Act of 2010 has brought together nine pieces of UK legislation to coalesce under one law, and introduced new measures to tighten the laws and make finding ways around them more difficult. For example, new provisions were brought into effect to restrict an employer’s ability to ask job applicants about health issues, making it less possible for them to discriminate against disabled applicants.

Our Find a Solicitor Service can put you in contact with a personal solicitor specialising in discrimination cases.

Equality law can be violated when an individual or group of individuals is discriminated against because of a certain characteristic of theirs, such as their gender, their age, or their sexuality.

Discrimination can come in many forms — for example, in the form of harassment, and the citing of negative stereotypes or offensive slurs. Discrimination can also occur in the workplace, when an individual is rejected for a job or promotion because of a characteristic of theirs.

If you or someone close to you has been the victim of discrimination, then you should not tolerate it. In this day and age, there is no reason that someone should be victimised for being born a certain way, or having a certain belief.

If you would like to learn more about how the equality law affects you, it may be worth using our free Find a Solicitor Service. Fill out the form on this page to find out more.