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Discrimination

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What we do

We offer advice to people who have been discriminated against unlawfully when asking for a service – this covers everything except employment law.  It may be discrimination by a business or a government department or local authority. It doesn't matter whether you pay for the service or whether it is free.

 

Discrimination may be unlawful if it is around disability, gender, race, religious belief (or lack of it), sexual orientation or gender reassignment.

 

It is expected that age discrimination will become unlawful in April 2012. Age discrimination is already unlawful in employment relationships.

 

If you feel you have been discriminated against in your employment, please contact our employment team.

 

We can also advise on public law matters, including the Public Sector Equality Duty.

 

What we don't do

We don't advise service providers, only individuals.

 

How to contact us

• Our Enquiry Line is on 0114 273 1888

• E-mail post@slc.org.uk
• Send us a letter by post to Sheffield Law Centre, Waverley House, 10 Joiner St, Sheffield S3 8GW
• Call in at this address

 

Funding of our Discrimination advice service

Our advice is free to you. We are able to offer this service because of the funding we receive from the Equality and Human Rights Commission, Sheffield City Council and the Legal Services Commission.

 

 

 

Resources and Information

Sheffield Law Centre and Chesterfield Law Centre have jointly produced a factsheet to help disabled people who feel they have suffered discrimination.

 

This factsheet is to help you complain about a service provider if you feel they might have discriminated against you for reasons relating to a disability or a long-term illness.

Download the factsheet here (pdf 131kB)

 

 

News on Discrimination casework

 

Response to Government consultation on a "Bill of Rights"

 

We argue the Government does not need a new Bill of Rights and the Human Rights Act should be respected.

 

Sheffield Law Centre helps pensioner keep track of his money

 

Sheffield Law Centre has helped a retired man with long-standing mental health problems, including anxiety, with a complaint about his Post Office account.

 

Sheffield Law Centre responds to the Government consultation on the reform of Disability Living Allowance

 

Sheffield Law Centre and Deaf Advice Service Sheffield (DASS) help a profoundly deaf woman win redress against a bus company.

 

Julie Blackley, who is profoundly deaf, has reached an out-of-court settlement over her complaint of unlawful disability discrimination - with £1000 in damages from a bus company.

 

The Sheffield Star reported the story as "Payout Win after Snub" 

 

Royal Bank of Scotland installs wheelchair access after legal action

 

Sheffield Law Centre is pleased that the Royal Bank of Scotland has finally installed access for wheelchair users at its branch at Church St, Sheffield, following legal action brought by teenager David Allen, represented by Sheffield Law Centre.

 

Supreme Court rules in favour of David Allen in wheelchair access case

 

David Allen v Royal Bank of Scotland: Court of Appeal upholds landmark disability access case

 

Allen v Royal Bank of Scotland: Judgement available here

 

Judgement to be given in Allen v Royal Bank of Scotland on 20th November 2009.

 

Sheffield Law Centre lodged a formal objection to a planning application to install barriers at Sheffield Station, which would reduce access for disabled people.

 

Novel use of DDA provides protection against bankruptcy

 

Law Centre's Equality Rights Worker gives evidence to House of Commons Select Committee on The Equality Bill: how disability equality fits within a single Equality Act...

 

Transcript of evidence of the Equality Rights Worker to House of Commons Select Committee on the Equality Bill

 

Royal Bank of Scotland: Court orders bank to install wheelchair access and pay compensation

 

A disabled driver from Doncaster has settled his complaint of disability discrimination with a leading insurance broker

 

A Parish Council discriminated against a wheelchair-user by failing to install suitable access at its new community centre. Sheffield County Court awarded £3000.

 

Sheffield Law Centre helped a woman win her case against the DWP for discriminating against her by failing to put its correspondence in an accessible format. The court awarded £2,500.

 

Sheffield Law Centre achieved a record £5,000 damages for disability discrimination in the goods & services field.

 

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