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  1. Volume: 56 Briefing: 763 Date: 2015 Author Sally Robertson
    Matrellis v Ypourgos Dikaiosynis kai Anthropinon Dikaiomaton CJEU rules that national legislation cannot deprive a male civil servant of the right to parental leave on the ground that his wife does not work or exercise any profession. Go direct to Briefing
  2. Volume: 56 Briefing: 762 Date: 2015 Author Catherine Rayner
    Chez Razpredelenie Bulgaria AD v Komisia za zashita ot disckriminatsia CJEUs Grand Chamber rules that Directive 2000/43/EC can be interpreted to permit a claimant to claim indirect discrimination on grounds of race or ethnic origin because of her association with the disadvantaged group. Go direct to Briefing
  3. Volume: 56 Briefing: 761 Date: 2015 Author Geraldine Scullion
    Equality rights- where next? Report of the DLAs annual conference Go direct to Briefing
  4. Volume: 56 Briefing: 760 Date: 2015 Authors Geoffrey Bindman, Harminder Singh, Camilla Palmer Gay Moon, Karon Monaghan, Tufyal Choudhury Catherine Casserley, Barbara Cohen
    The distance travelled to secure legal protection and the road ahead to real equality Go direct to Briefing
  5. Volume: 56 Briefing: 759 Date: 2015 Author Stephanie Harrison QC
    Refugees: legal rights and moral responsibility - a crisis of humanity? Go direct to Briefing
  6. Volume: 55 Briefing: 758 Date: 2015 Author David Stephenson
    Traveller Movement & Others v JD Wetherspoon plc Central London County Court upholds direct race discrimination claims when Irish Traveller Movement conference attendees, including Irish Travellers, Romani Gypsies and others associated with them, were refused service in the defendants public house. Go direct to Briefing
  7. Volume: 55 Briefing: 757 Date: 2015 Author Lisa Taggart
    Lee v Ashers Baking Company Belfast County Court upholds complaints of discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation, religious belief and political opinion in the provision of goods and services. Go direct to Briefing
  8. Volume: 55 Briefing: 756 Date: 2015 Author Emma Webster
    Cranwell v Cullen & Sterling v United Learning Trust EAT upholds ETs rejection of ET1s where the strict form filling requirements of ACAS early conciliation had not been met. Go direct to Briefing
  9. Volume: 55 Briefing: 755 Date: 2015 Author Peter Nicholson
    Henderson v GMB EAT considers claims of direct discrimination and harassment based on a protected belief in left-wing democratic socialism. Go direct to Briefing
  10. Volume: 55 Briefing: 754 Date: 2015 Author Michael Newman
    EF & NP v AB & Ors EAT overturns ET decision and permanently extends a restricted reporting order to cover a respondent and non-party. Go direct to Briefing
  11. Volume: 55 Briefing: 753 Date: 2015 Authors Shazia Khan Daniel Zona
    Chersterton Global Ltd & Verman v Nurmohamed EAT dismisses employers appeal affirming that the employees whistle-blowing concerning a change to his personal pay structure was in the public interest. So long as the individual when making the disclosure has within their contemplation that the Go direct to Briefing
  12. Volume: 55 Briefing: 752 Date: 2015 Author Katya Hosking
    Home Office (UK Border Agency) v Essop Overturning the EAT, the CA holds that a claimant in an indirect discrimination case must show that his own disadvantage arises for the same reason as the group disadvantage. However, statistical evidence may in principle be sufficient to shift the burden Go direct to Briefing
  13. Volume: 55 Briefing: 751 Date: 2015 Author Henrietta Hill
    Benkharbouche v Embassy of Sudan, Janah v Libya CA makes declarations that in preventing embassy staff from bringing employment claims against embassies, the State Immunity Act 1978 infringed the Articles 6 and 14 ECHR. Go direct to Briefing
  14. Volume: 55 Briefing: 750 Date: 2015 Author Jenny Earle
    R (Coll) v SS for Justice CA rejects sex discrimination claim against Justice Secretary in challenge to lack of approved premises for women leaving prison. Go direct to Briefing
  15. Volume: 55 Briefing: 749 Date: 2015 Author Sally Robertson
    CLFIS v Mary Reynolds CA upholds ET judgment that decision-maker was not motivated by age; the motivation of others who supplied tainted information could not render the act in question discriminatory because of age. Go direct to Briefing
  16. Volume: 55 Briefing: 748 Date: 2015 Author Joanna Whiteman
    R (SG and others) v SS for Work and Pensions SC majority decides the particular disadvantage faced by lone mothers as a result of the benefit cap is justified and does not breach Article 14 in conjunction with Article 8 ECHR. However, three justices consider that, if UNCRC was directly applicable, Go direct to Briefing
  17. Volume: 55 Briefing: 747 Date: 2015 Author Catherine Casserley
    Akerman-Livingstone v Aster Communities Limited (formerly Flourish Homes Limited) SC distinguishes approach to be taken to s15 EA discrimination defence from the proportionality assessment applied to Article 8 ECHR holding that the substantive right to equal treatment protected by the EA is different from and extra to the Article 8 Go direct to Briefing
  18. Volume: 55 Briefing: 746 Date: 2015 Author Catherine Rayner
    Tribunal fees fuel growing concerns over access to justice Go direct to Briefing
  19. Volume: 55 Briefing: 745 Date: 2015 Author Louise Whitfield
    The public sector equality duty - an update on recent cases Go direct to Briefing
  20. Volume: 54 Briefing: 744 Date: 2015 Author Michael Reed
    Windle v Secretary of State for Justice EAT overturns ET judgment which had incorrectly considered the lack of mutuality of obligation between assignments to be relevant to the question of whether there was a contract to personally do work. Go direct to Briefing
  21. Volume: 54 Briefing: 743 Date: 2015 Author Peter Nicholson
    Chandhok & Anor v Tirkey EAT holds caste can come within the definition of race under s9(1) EA. Go direct to Briefing
  22. Volume: 54 Briefing: 742 Date: 2015 Author Nick Fry
    Saad v UHS NHS Trust EAT upholds ET decision which had properly considered the long-term effect of the claimants impairment on his ability to work. Go direct to Briefing
  23. Volume: 54 Briefing: 741 Date: 2015 Author Parminder Sanghera
    Moore and Coates v SSCLG and London Borough of Bromley and Dartford Borough Council and EHRC High Court quashes the SSCLGs decisions to recover for his own determination the planning appeals of two Romani Gypsies. The SSCLG had indirectly discriminated against Gypsies and Travellers, breached his PSED and article 6 ECHR. Go direct to Briefing
  24. Volume: 54 Briefing: 740 Date: 2015 Author Michael Reed
    Halawi v WDFG UK Ltd t/a World Duty Free CA rejects discrimination appeal as claimant was not an employee: there was no obligation on the claimant to do work personally nor any form of economic dependence or subordination normally required to establish an employment relationship. Go direct to Briefing
  25. Volume: 54 Briefing: 739 Date: 2015 Author Catherine Casserley
    Thomas Cook Tour Operations Ltd v Campbell (No.1) [2014] EWCA Civ 1668, October 30, 2014; Campbell v Thomas Cook Tour Operations Ltd (No.2) Sheffield County Court, Case No.2 YK 74402 [2014] EqLR 655, September 29, 2014 Application of EA to disability discrimination in provision of services abroad Go direct to Briefing