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  V Saunders v Richmond Upon Thames Borough Council [1977] IRLR 362 EAT (1 report relating to this case)

  • Sex discrimination: Asking questions of one sex and not the other is not automatic unlawful discrimination

    Date:

    15 September 1977

    Asking a woman interviewee questions that are not asked of a man, or posing questions which appear on the surface to be discriminatory does not of itself automatically amount to unlawful discrimination on grounds of sex. This is the major principle laid down by the EAT in Saunders v Richmond upon Thames Borough Council.

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  V v Addey & Stanhope School [2004] All ER (D) 561 (Jul) CA (1 report relating to this case)

  • Discrimination: Employee's illegal acts prevent race discrimination remedy

    Date:

    3 September 2004

    In V v Addey & Stanhope School, the Court of Appeal holds that the extent of the employee's illegal and criminal conduct was such that it prevented him from pursuing a race discrimination claim.

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  Vaid v Brintel Helicopters Ltd (t/a British International Helicopters) EAT/150/94 (1 report relating to this case)

  • Dismissal: Pilot's demotion allowed under implied term

    Date:

    1 November 1994

    The demotion of a helicopter pilot from captain to co-pilot status was not a fundamental breach of contract, and the industrial tribunal had been right to reject the employee's complaint of unfair constructive dismissal, holds the EAT in Vaid v Brintel Helicopters Ltd (t/a British International Helicopters).

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  Van Den Akker v Stichting Shell Pensioenfonds [1994] IRLR 616 ECJ (1 report relating to this case)

  • ECJ rules on pension discrimination

    Date:

    1 December 1994

    The European Court of Justice has handed down its rulings in six cases on issues relating to sex equality and occupational pension schemes in light of the decision in Barber v Guardian Royal Exchange Assurance Group EOR32A.

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  Van der Mussele v Belgium [1983] ECHR 13 (1 report relating to this case)

  • Van der Mussele v Belgium

    Date:

    31 December 1984

    In Van der Mussele v Belgium [1983] ECHR 13, the European Court of Human Rights held that a requirement for pupil lawyers to undertake pro bono work was not in breach of their right under Article 4(2) of the European Convention on Human Rights not to be required to perform forced or compulsory labour.

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  Van Es and others v Maersk Offshore (Singapore) PTE Ltd [1994] IT/4675/93 (1 report relating to this case)

  • No jurisdiction to hear seafarers' claims

    Date:

    1 December 1995

    In Hayter v (1) Layland (2) Stena Sealink Ltd, a woman who was employed on a cross channel ferry until she was made redundant could not claim sex discrimination because she was not employed "at an establishment in Great Britain". In Van Es and others v Maersk Offshore (Singapore) PTE Ltd, a tribunal finds that the applicants, all seamen dismisses their race discrimination complaints for lack of jurisdiction because they had been recruited outside Great Britain.

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  Vance v Royal Mail Group plc t/a Royal Mail EATS/0003/06 (1 report relating to this case)

  • Disability discrimination update (2)

    Date:

    29 December 2006

    This article, the second in a two-part series on disability discrimination, looks at some of the recent key disability discrimination judgments.

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  Varghai v Caffyns plc [2005] All ER (D) 94 (Mar) EAT (1 report relating to this case)

  • Points of procedure

    Date:

    10 June 2005

    A review of recent significant cases on practice and procedure in the employment tribunals, EAT and Court of Appeal.

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  Various Claimants v Barclays Bank plc [2017] IRLR 1103 HC (1 report relating to this case)

  • Vicarious liability: Employer liable for sexual assaults during medical examinations

    Date:

    17 August 2017

    The High Court has held that an employer is vicariously liable for 126 alleged sexual assaults that took place during medical examinations carried out at the request of the employer.

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  Various claimants v WM Morrisons Supermarket plc [2018] IRLR 200 HC (1 report relating to this case)

  • Vicarious liability: Employer liable for "rogue" employee's data breaches

    Date:

    7 December 2017

    The High Court has held that, while the employer was not at fault in the way in which it processed and protected personal data, it is vicariously liable for the actions of a rogue employee who published the personal data of co-employees online.