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UK Discrimination Law Review: Cases to watch
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- Discrimination law
03-05-2014
Case name | Issue | Stage reached |
Judicial reviews of new ET fees regime | Tribunal fees: whether the new fees regime for tribunal claims breaches EU law and/or natural justice | Unison are seeking permission to appeal against High Court’s rejection of application |
Walker v Innospec Ltd | Sexual orientation: whether pensions for civil partners must take account of service accrued before 5 December 2005 (date the date that the Civil Partnership Act 2004 came into force) | Claimant is seeking permission to appeal against the Employment Appeal Tribunal’s rejection of his claim |
Griffiths v Department for Work and Pensions | Disability: whether the reasonable adjustments duty requires an employer to adjust the trigger point for implementing an absence control policy where absence is disability-related | Awaiting judgment from Employment Appeal Tribunal |
Hounga v Allen | Illegality: whether someone who is working illegally can bring a discrimination claim | Supreme Court hearing in March 2014 |
Henderson v General Municipal and Boilermakers Union | Religion and belief: whether belief in ‘left wing democratic socialism’ is a philosophical belief protected by the Equality Act 2010 | Appeal pending before Employment Appeal Tribunal |
Kaltoft v Billund Kommen | Disability: whether obesity is a disability | Case referred to EU Court of Justice |
SAS v France | Religion and belief: legal challenge to French ban on burka in public places | European Court of Human Rights to consider claim. Decision some way off |
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