Briefings Index (by article)

Volume: 48 Briefing: 664 Date: 2013 Author Michael Newman

Redfearn v United Kingdom, European Court of Human Rights, application no 47335, November 6, 2012 Political beliefs - discrimination - membership of BNP Go direct to Briefing

Volume: 48 Briefing: 663 Date: 2013 Author Catherine Casserley

Eweida and others v United Kingdom, European Court of Human Rights, applications nos. 48420/10, 59842/10,51671/10 and 36516/10, January 17, 2013 Tolerance of religious symbols and the importance of not compromising the rights of others Go direct to Briefing

Volume: 48 Briefing: 662 Date: 2013 Author Lucas Fear-Segal

The Equality Acts false dawn: age discrimination in NHS care commissioning decisions Go direct to Briefing

Volume: 48 Briefing: 661 Date: 2013 Author Shereener Browne

Crime, rehabilitation and the right to private life: where should the bright line fall? Go direct to Briefing

Volume: 48 Briefing: 660 Date: 2013 Author Michael Reed

Procedural changes to employment discrimination claims - challenges for practitioners Go direct to Briefing

Volume: 47 Briefing: 659 Date: 2012 Author Catherine Rayner

London Borough of Camden v (1) Pegg (2) Randstad Care Ltd Trading as Beresford Blake Thomas Limited (3) Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd T/A Camden Agency for Temporary Supply [2012] UKEAT/0590/11/LA, April 13, 2012 Disability discrimination - agency worker - Worker supplied by an agency is a contract worker protected by DDA

Volume: 47 Briefing: 658 Date: 2012 Author Jessica van der Meer

Olenloa v North West London Hospitals NHS Trust [2010] EAT/0599/11/ZT, June 29, 2012 Reasonable adjustments when on sick leave - Limits to employers reasonable adjustment duty

Volume: 47 Briefing: 657 Date: 2012 Author Michael Newman

Prospects For People With Learning Difficulties v Harris UKEAT/0612/11/DM, [2012] EqLR 781; April 27, 2012 Disability discrimination - harassment - suspension - Disability discrimination - suspension from work amounting to harassment

Volume: 47 Briefing: 656 Date: 2012 Author Gay Moon

R (on the application of S and KF) v Secretary of State for Justice [2012] EWHC 1810 (Admin) Case No CO/10573/2011 [2012] EqLR 796, July 3, 2012 Sex discrimination - statutory equality duty and ECHR Article 14 - prison rules - High Court considers article 14 ECHR in indirect discrimination challenge

Volume: 47 Briefing: 655 Date: 2012 Author Catherine Casserley

Burnip v Birmingham City Council and Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (EHRC intervening); Trengove v Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council and another (Same intervening); Gorry v Wiltshire County Council and another (Same intervening) [2012] EWCA Civ 629; [2012] WLR (D)150; [2012] EqLR 701, May 15, 2012 Disability discrimination - Article 14 ECHR - assessment of disabled tenants housing benefit - Disabled tenants and discrimination in allocation of Housing Benefit

Volume: 47 Briefing: 654 Date: 2012 Author Catherine Casserley

Humphries v Commissioners for HM Revenue and Customers [2012] UKSC 18, [2012] EqLR 714, May 16, 2012 Child benefit rules causing indirect sex discrimination was justified - Indirect sex discrimination justified in state benefit rules

Volume: 47 Briefing: 653 Date: 2012 Author Michael Reed

Hewage v Grampian Health Board UKSC 37, [2012] EqLR 884, July 25, 2012 Comparators - direct race and sex discrimination SC rules on comparators and inferences

Volume: 47 Briefing: 652 Date: 2012 Author Peter Reading

Dordevic v Croatia European Court of Human Rights, Application no. 41526/10, July 24, 2012 Disability - Too close to home

Volume: 47 Briefing: 651 Date: 2012 Author Nick Fry

Hornfeldt v Posten Meddelande AB Age discrimination - rule allowing dismissal at age 67 was lawful, provided it could be justified - Tyrolean Airways and Hornfeldt: age discrimination and the Employment Equality Directive

Volume: 47 Briefing: 650 Date: 2012 Author Barbara Cohen

DLA annual conference Equality Act 2010: Keeping the show on the road

Volume: 47 Briefing: 649 Date: 2012 Author Catherine Casserley

Education and the Equality Act 2010

Volume: 47 Briefing: 648 Date: 2012 Author Catherine Casserley

Paralympics a lasting victory for disabled people?

Volume: 47 Briefing: 647 Date: 2012 Authors Daphne Romney QC Dee Masters

Beginners guide to the ban on age discrimination in goods and services

Volume: 46 Briefing: 646 Date: 2012 Author Michael Newman

ZH v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis [2012] EWHC 604 (QB), [2012] EqLR 425, March 14, 2012 Disability discrimination - reasonable adjustment to use of force and physical restraint - Reasonable adjustments by police when dealing with the public

Volume: 46 Briefing: 645 Date: 2012 Author Brenda Parkes

Salford NHS Primary Care Trust v Smith [2011] EqLR 1119, UKEAT/0507/10/2608, August 26, 2011 Disability discrimination - Career breaks and light duties are not a form of reasonable adjustment

Volume: 46 Briefing: 644 Date: 2012 Author Michael Reed

Hawkins v Atex Group Ltd and Others UKEAT/0302/11, [2012] EqLR 397, March 13, 2012 Marital discrimination and the common-law spouse comparator

Volume: 46 Briefing: 643 Date: 2012 Author Nick Fry

Segor v Goodrich Actuation Systems Ltd [2012] WL 609238, UKEAT/0145/11/DM, February 10, 2012 Race and sex discrimination - correct approach to handling abandonment of an aspect of the claim - Abandonment of a claim must be clear, unequivocal and unambiguous

Volume: 46 Briefing: 642 Date: 2012 Author Ian Moss

Dziedziak v Future Electronics Ltd, UKEAT/0270/11, [2012] EqLR 543, February 28, 2012 Indirect sex discrimination; unfair selection for redundancy; burden of proof - Language, lateness and shifting the burden of proof

Volume: 46 Briefing: 641 Date: 2012 Author Gay Moon

Mary Hounga v Adenike Allen and Kunle Allen [2012] EWCA Civ 609, May 15, 2012 Illegality trumps discrimination claim

Volume: 46 Briefing: 640 Date: 2012 Author Michael Newman

Woodcock v Cumbria Primary Care Trust [2012] EWCA Civ 330, [2012] EqLR 463, March 22, 2012 Cost and justifying discrimination - Age discrimination - justification - cost