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"Scottish" and "English" are racial groups

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    BBC Scotland v Souster [2001] IRLR 150 CS (3 other reports)

    • United kingdom or national affront?

      Date:
      1 July 2001

      The next time your workforce discusses the latest England, Scotland or Wales national teams, beware. As David Morgan reports, a recent decision on national origins could have a major impact on employers and the approach taken by employment tribunals in race discrimination cases throughout the UK

    • Scots and English are racial groups

      Date:
      1 March 2001

      In BBC Scotland v Souster (7 December 2000) EOR96C, the Court of Session upholds a finding that the English and the Scots are "racial groups", defined by reference to "national origins", so that an Englishman could complain that he had been discriminated against on grounds of race when his contract in Scotland was not renewed and a Scottish woman was appointed in his place.

    • Race discrimination: "National origins" means more than nationality acquired at birth

      Date:
      1 February 2001

      The meaning of "national origins" in the Race Relations Act 1976 is not limited to the concept of nationality in a legal sense, and thus to the citizenship that an individual may acquire at birth, holds the Inner House, Court of Session in BBC Scotland v Souster.

In BBC Scotland v Souster the Court of Session has ruled that a television presenter was entitled to claim that he was discriminated against for a post with BBC Scotland by reason of being English rather than Scottish.

Mark Souster, who is English, was employed by BBC Scotland as a presenter on "Rugby Special".