On appeal: The 'technical ruse' in employment tribunals
This report relates to 3 case(s)
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Coker and Osamor v Lord Chancellor and Lord Chancellor’s Department [2002] IRLR 80 CA
(3 other reports)
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- Date:
- 1 March 2002
This month's case round-up includes: Oderinde v Datapact ltd, Barry Allsuch & Co v Harris, Elkouil v Coney Island Ltd, Coker and Osamor v Lord Chancellor and another, and Chief Constable for Avon & Somerset Constabulary v Chew.
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- Date:
- 1 February 2002
In Coker and Osamor v The Lord Chancellor and the Lord Chancellor's Department, the Court of Appeal holds that where an appointment is made from a close circle of family or friends, this will rarely constitute indirect discrimination as the vast majority of the relevant pool of potential candidates will be excluded. It will therefore not be possible to show that the requirement of personal knowledge has the disproportionate impact necessary to found a discrimination claim.
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- Date:
- 1 January 2002
In Coker v Lord Chancellor (22 November 2001), the Court of Appeal holds that it was not indirectly discriminatory on grounds of sex or race for the Lord Chancellor to appoint a white man as his special adviser.
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Gridquest Ltd (t/a Select Employment) and others v Blackburn and others [2002] IRLR 168 EAT
(1 other report)
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Hewlett Packard Ltd v O’Murphy [2002] IRLR 4 EAT
(1 other report)
Continuing our regular series on the implications
of recent significant cases. Gareth Brahams, senior solicitor at Lewis Silkin,
looks at the issues.
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