Category: accommodation

Asylum Seekers Win Challenge Against Home Office Over ‘Squalid’ Napier Barracks

Six asylum seekers formerly housed at Napier Barracks have won a legal challenge against the Government after a High Court judge ruled their accommodation was inadequate. The former Army barracks in Kent has been used to house hundreds of asylum seekers since last September, despite the Home Office being warned by Public Health England (PHE)…


Supreme Court Refuses to Take Up Religious Accommodation Appeal

The Supreme Court refused to take up an appeal that could have resulted in a different standard for when employers must accommodate the religious beliefs of employees, but two  justices objected to the decision in a strongly worded dissent. The case is Small v. Memphis Light, Gas & Water, court file 19-1388. The Supreme Court denied Small’s petition…