... made in the commons following the MacPherson committee enquiry into the death of black teenager Stephen Lawrence, Jack Straw highlighted the shortfalls of the current legislation, promising that the government would tackle these issues. This was met with the Race Relations Amendment Act ....which came into force on July 19th this year NOT SURE WHAT IT IS ACTUALLY. But do these reforms go far enough with widespread discontent at the omission to include indirect discrimination in the revisions there are claims that the majority of recommendations made by the MacPherson committee have been ignored. This essay will seek to discuss both the 2000 ammendments in addition to the 2003 regulations which encompasses and extends recent case law in relation to then liability of employers for acts of discrimination by their employees. In recent years it has been demonstrated that in the area of race relations, legislation has proved insufficient. The ...

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