Hewage v Grampian Health Board [2012] UKSC 37; [2012] WLR (D) 235
“In considering a claim for discrimination in the employment tribunal, the statutory burden of proof provisions only required careful attention where there was room for doubt as to the facts necessary to establish discrimination.”
WLR Daily, 25th July 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“This country recognises the equal rights of husband and wife in a divorce, so will not recognise a prenup agreement that is unfair to the woman.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th July 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“This case about prisoner’s pay provides an interesting up to date analysis of the role of the doctrine of ‘margin of appreciation’ and its applicability in domestic courts.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 6th July 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“‘To let’ advertisements that specify a particular race or religion are visible in newsagents windows in many areas of London. But are they breaking the law?”
BBC News, 3rd July 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The woman at the centre of the sexism row involving former Sky Sports pundits Richard Keys and Andy Gray has launched a legal action against parent company BSkyB.”
The Guardian, 18th June 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Employment tribunals will be able to order companies who lose sex discrimination cases to disclose the gap in pay between their male and female employees under plans announced by the Equalities Minister.”
OUT-LAW.com, 18th June 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
Humphreys v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2012 UKSC 18; [2012] WLR (D) 154
“The indirect sex discrimination against fathers arising from the refusal to split child tax credit between separated parents who shared care of a child was objectively justified.”
WLR Daily, 16th May 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“A person’s entitlement to Child Tax Credit (CTC) is a ‘possession’ for the purposes of article 1 of the First Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 17th May 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Complaints about an advert for bookmaker Paddy Power featuring transgender people have been upheld by the Advertising Standards Authority.”
BBC News, 16th May 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Anti-race and sex discrimination laws brought in under Labour are set to be scrapped because the ‘unnecessary’ rules are damaging businesses, Theresa May has said.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th May 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Treasury failed to consider how crucial policies would affect women, disabled people and ethnic minorities before the 2010 spending review, according to a report by the equality watchdog.”
The Guardian, 14th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Employment tribunals do not have the jurisdiction to apportion liability for compensation in discrimination claims where more than one party is at fault, the Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) has ruled.”
The Guardian, 8th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Sexism at the bar may be more subtle, but female pupils still get asked to book flights, babysit and told to ‘heel'”
The Guardian, 3rd May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Meister v Speech Design Carrier Systems GmbH (Case C-415/10); [2012] WLR (D) 116
“European Union law did not entitle a worker who plausibly claimed to meet the requirements listed in a job advertisement and whose application was rejected to have access to information indicating whether the employer engaged another applicant at the end of the recruitment process. Nevertheless, it could not be ruled out that a refusal to grant any access to information might be one of the factors to take into account in the context of establishing facts from which it might be presumed that there had been direct or indirect discrimination.”
WLR Daily, 19th April 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“A former nurse who built a business empire has begun a £12million legal action against a medical company she created, claiming that she was wrongfully sacked and that her former chairman touched her breast.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th April 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Sunderland City Council v Brennan and others [2012] EWCA Civ 413; [2012] WLR (D) 113
“An employer had no defence to an equal pay claim where its reason for a differential in payment between female and male employees was that the male employees had attracted a bonus for productivity when at the material time the link between productivity and bonus had been broken.”
WLR Daily, 3rd April 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“A mother who had a baby through a surrogate has launched landmark legal action for the right to paid maternity leave.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th March 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A French porter who was called ‘Inspector Clouseau’ by colleagues at Royal College of General Practitioners is in line for a five-figure harassment payout.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th March 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Salacious whistles and sexist comments may fall foul of new laws against sexual harassment to which Britain is signing up, the prime minister will announce on Thursday.”
The Guardian, 8th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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