West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive v Singh [1988] IRLR 186 CA
Reports relating to this case:
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Discrimination: Past conduct relevant to discrimination complaint
- Date:
- 19 July 1988
Two recent appellate decisions have confirmed that evidence of the employers' past discriminatory actions or attitudes may be relevant in determining whether they have discriminated in the case under consideration.
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Court of Appeal endorses discovery of ethnic monitoring statistics
- Date:
- 1 May 1988
In West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive v Singh (18.3.88) EOR19A, the Court of Appeal rules that evidence that an employer has or has not appointed any or many ethnic minority applicants in the past is material to whether he has discriminated on racial grounds against a particular complainant.