Category: sex discrimination

Meister v Speech Design Carrier Systems GmbH – WLR Daily

Posted April 25th, 2012 in age discrimination, disclosure, EC law, employment, law reports, race discrimination, sex discrimination by sally

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

Tycoon Kate Bleasdale brings £12m sex bias case against her firm – Daily Telegraph

Posted April 13th, 2012 in news, sex discrimination, unfair dismissal by tracey

“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.”

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Daily Telegraph, 13th April 2012

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Sunderland City Council v Brennan and others – WLR Daily

Posted April 5th, 2012 in appeals, equal pay, law reports, local government, sex discrimination by sally

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

Surrogacy mother launches maternity leave challenge – Daily Telegraph

Posted March 19th, 2012 in EC law, maternity leave, news, sex discrimination, surrogacy by sally

“A mother who had a baby through a surrogate has launched landmark legal action for the right to paid maternity leave.”

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Daily Telegraph, 18th March 2012

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

French porter called ‘Inspector Clouseau’ by colleagues in line for five-figure payout – Daily Telegraph

Posted March 16th, 2012 in compensation, harassment, news, race discrimination, sex discrimination by tracey

“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.”

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Daily Telegraph, 16th March 2012

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Sexist remarks and wolf-whistles could become criminal offences – The Guardian

Posted March 8th, 2012 in crime, harassment, news, sex discrimination, treaties, women by sally

“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.”

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The Guardian, 8th March 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Woman doctor wins £4.5 million for being fired after having a baby – Daily Telegraph

Posted December 16th, 2011 in damages, maternity leave, news, race discrimination, sex discrimination by tracey

“Dr Eva Michalak has won £4.5 million in compensation after her bosses mounted a campaign against her when she fell pregnant.”

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Daily Telegraph, 16th December 2011

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Abdulla and others v Birmingham City Council – WLR Daily

Posted December 2nd, 2011 in choice of forum, employment tribunals, law reports, limitations, sex discrimination by tracey

Abdulla and others v Birmingham City Council: [2011] EWCA Civ 1412;  [2011] WLR (D)  342

“Where an equal pay claim under the Equal Pay Act 1970 was brought in an ordinary court within the six-year limitation period for bringing contract claims, the claim could not be struck out under section 2(3) of the 1970 Act on the grounds that it could be ‘more conveniently disposed of’ by an employment tribunal in circumstances where it was known to the court that the tribunal would have to decline jurisdiction to deal with the claim on the basis that it had been brought outside the six-month time limit for presenting an unequal pay complaint to the tribunal.”

WLR Daily, 29th November 2011

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Clegg orders inquiry into ‘sex discrimination’ by banks – Daily Telegraph

Posted November 11th, 2011 in banking, news, sex discrimination by tracey

“High street banks are guilty of sex discrimination, refusing pregnant women mortgages and charging higher interest rates on business loans to female entrepreneurs, research has found.”

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Daily Telegraph, 10th November 2011

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Copple and others v Littlewoods plc and others – WLR Daily

Posted November 10th, 2011 in appeals, equal pay, law reports, pensions, sex discrimination by sally

Copple and others v Littlewoods plc and others [2011] EWCA Civ 1281; [2011] WLR (D) 319

“Where an employer’s pension scheme indirectly discriminated against part-timers on the ground of sex by denying them access to the scheme, a female part-time worker was not entitled to any remedy arising from her exclusion from the scheme if she would not in fact have chosen to join the scheme even if she had been eligible to do so.”

WLR Daily, 8th November 2011

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Lady Justice Hallett: profile – Daily Telegraph

Posted November 8th, 2011 in judges, legal profession, news, sex discrimination by sally

“Lady Justice Hallett, one of the country’s most senior judges, has claimed she encountered ‘horrific’ sexism during her rise through the judiciary.”

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Daily Telegraph, 8th November 2011

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Yorkshire judge under fire for banning ‘love’ in courtroom – Daily Telegraph

Posted October 21st, 2011 in courts, judges, news, sex discrimination by sally

“A newly appointed Yorkshire judge has been criticised by the region’s language campaigners after banning defendants from referring to female court staff as ‘love’.”

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Daily Telegraph, 21st October 2011

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Ministers bar hereditary peerages from passing to women – Daily Telegraph

Posted October 21st, 2011 in news, peerages & dignities, royal family, sex discrimination, succession by tracey

“Ministers have ruled out a change in the law that would have allowed hereditary peerages to pass to women.”

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Daily Telegraph, 20th October 2011

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Legal aid bill ‘contravenes UN convention’ – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted September 22nd, 2011 in bills, domestic violence, legal aid, news, sex discrimination by tracey

“The government’s plans to remove legal aid in private law family cases will place the UK in breach of its obligations under a United Nations convention to prevent discrimination against women, the Gazette has been told.”

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Law Society’s Gazette, 22nd September 2011

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

Brownbill and others v St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust – WLR Daily

Posted August 1st, 2011 in employment tribunals, equal pay, law reports, sex discrimination by tracey

Brownbill and others v St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust [2011] EWCA Civ 903;  [2011] WLR (D)  264

“Once an employment tribunal had found that there were terms in women’s contracts and terms in men’s contracts that were susceptible to comparison and that each of the terms was a distinct provision with sufficient content to make it possible to compare them so that the benefits conferred by the provision could be contrasted, it should proceed to compare them focusing on the equality of terms not of total pay actually received.”

WLR Daily, 28th July 2011

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Bereaved husband claims sex discrimination over NHS pension – Daily Telegraph

Posted July 29th, 2011 in doctors, news, pensions, sex discrimination by tracey

“The bereaved husband of a doctor has undertaken a legal test case claiming sex discrimination because he is receiving a smaller NHS pension than if he were a widow.”

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Daily Telegraph, 29th July 2011

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Government will implement ECJ insurance ruling, but only for new insurance contracts – OUT-LAW.com

Posted July 4th, 2011 in contracts, EC law, insurance, news, sex discrimination by sally

“The UK Government is to abide by a European ruling on the use of gender in insurance, although it says the judgment goes against common sense.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 4th July 2011

Source: www.out-law.com

School braids ban ‘not justified’ – The Independent

Posted June 17th, 2011 in news, race discrimination, school admissions, sex discrimination by sally

“A highly successful school’s anti-gang ban on unconventional hairstyles, including cornrows, has resulted in ‘unlawful, indirect racial discrimination which is not justified’, the High Court ruled today.”

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The Independent, 17th June 2011

Source: www.indepedent.co.uk

Bill limiting sharia law is motivated by ‘concern for Muslim women’ – The Guardian

Posted June 9th, 2011 in arbitration, bills, islamic law, news, sex discrimination, tribunals, women by tracey

“Islamic courts would be forced to acknowledge the primacy of English law under a bill being introduced in the House of Lords. The bill, proposed by Lady Cox and backed by women’s rights groups and the National Secular Society, was drawn up because of ‘deep concerns’ that Muslim women are suffering discrimination within closed sharia law councils.”

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The Guardian, 8th June 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Radical reforms for parental leave and flexible working proposed – Home Office

Posted May 18th, 2011 in flexible working, news, parental rights, sex discrimination by tracey

“Theresa May, the Home Secretary and minister for women and equalities, today backed a consultation on modernising Britain’s workplace laws.”

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Home Office, 16th May 2011

Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk