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Bain v Bowles and others [1991] IRLR 356 CA

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Limited role of "like with like" comparison

Date:

1 September 1991

In Bain v Bowles and others (19 April 1991) EOR39B, while holding that "The Lady" magazine contravened the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 by refusing to publish an advertisement for a housekeeper from a man living alone, the Court of Appeal points out that the "like with like" comparison required by s.5(3) is merely an interpretation provision.

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