SCA Packaging Ltd v Boyle [2009] IRLR 746 HL
Reports relating to this case:
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Disability discrimination: "Likely" means "could well happen"
- Date:
- 26 August 2009
In SCA Packaging Limited v Boyle [2009] UKHL 37 HL, the House of Lords held that "likely" within the meaning of paras.2(2) and 6(1) of sch.1 to the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 means "could well happen". In doing so, it overruled previous case law and disapproved guidance to the effect that "likely" means "more probable than not".
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Lords extend discrimination protection to cases of fluctuating disability
- Date:
- 1 August 2009
The employment rights of workers with a physical or mental condition that varies in severity over time are extended as the result of an important House of Lords ruling.
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Case of the week: Disability discrimination
- Date:
- 21 July 2009
This week's case of the week, provided by DLA Piper, covers disability discrimination.
