MacDonald v Ministry of Defence [2000] IRLR 748 EAT
Reports relating to this case:
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Sex discrimination: The word sex should have been interpreted to include sexual orientation
- Date:
- 1 November 2000
The word "sex" in the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 should, as the law stood days before the Human Rights Act 1998 came fully into force, have been interpreted to include sexual orientation, in the opinion of the EAT in MacDonald v Ministry of Defence.
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Sexual orientation discrimination is sex discrimination
- Date:
- 1 November 2000
In MacDonald v Ministry of Defence EOR94A, the EAT interprets the Sex Discrimination Act so as to include discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation.
