University of Huddersfield v Wolff [2004] IRLR 534 EAT

Sex discrimination: Express finding that treatment was "on grounds of sex" required to satisfy burden of proof

Date:

5 December 2003

In University of Huddersfield v Wolff, the EAT holds that, when deciding sex discrimination claims, employment tribunals must take care to make sufficient findings of fact, and to explain the reasons for their conclusions, before any decision reached on the question of discrimination will be legitimate.