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Coleman v Attridge Law ET/2303745/2005 (0 other reports)
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Redfearn v Serco Ltd t/a West Yorkshire Transport Service [2006] IRLR 623 CA (1 other report)
- Race discrimination: Dismissal of BNP councillor was not 'on racial grounds'
  
  Date:
  
  21 July 2006
  
  In Serco Ltd v Redfearn [2006] EWCA Civ 659 CA, the Court of Appeal holds that an employer did not discriminate on grounds of race when it dismissed an employee because of fears that his membership of the BNP would lead to hostility, jeopardising the health and safety of staff and customers.
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Taylor v OCS Group Ltd [2006] IRLR 613 CA (1 other report)
- Unfair dismissal/disability discrimination: Procedural flaws in disciplinary process not cured only by rehearing
  
  Date:
  
  1 December 2006
  
  In Taylor v OCS Group Ltd [2006] IRLR 613 CA, the Court of Appeal holds that defects in the conduct of a disciplinary hearing are capable of being "cured" in an internal appeal even if it does not amount to a full rehearing of the issue. In addition, a deaf employee not given the opportunity to have an interpreter at his disciplinary hearing was not treated less favourably for a reason related to his disability.
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Villalba v Merrill Lynch & Co Inc [2006] IRLR 437 EAT (1 other report)
- Equal pay: case law update
  
  Date:
  
  2 March 2007
  
  This article looks at some of the significant judgments in the area of equal pay over the past year and their implications.

This month's round-up of decisions on discrimination from the appeal courts.

DDA: A London South employment tribunal (Chair: Mary Stacey) has made a reference to the European Court of Justice asking whether the EU Framework Employment Directive covers discrimination against an employee on the ground of their association with a disabled person.

Employment law cases

In the courts

Race discrimination: Dismissal of BNP councillor was not 'on racial grounds'

Unfair dismissal/disability discrimination: Procedural flaws in disciplinary process not cured only by rehearing

Equal pay: case law update

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