All items: Detriment

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  Bennett v Bivonas LLP ET/2500602/11 (1 report relating to this case)

  • Discrimination against gay lawyer who discovered homophobic comment in case file

    Date:

    28 January 2011

    Discrimination can occur even when a comment is in writing and discovered by an employee a long time after the comment was written down, as this case illustrates.

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  Bivonas LLP and other v Bennett EAT/0254/11 (2 reports relating to this case)

  • Sexual orientation discrimination: Homophobic comments discovered in archived case file were discriminatory

    Date:

    21 August 2012

    In Bivonas LLP and other v Bennett EAT/0254/11, the EAT held that an employment tribunal was entitled to find that “offensive and insulting” homophobic comments in a written memorandum plainly constituted a detriment to the gay lawyer who was the subject of the comments.

  • Gay lawyer who discovered homophobic comment in case file was discriminated against

    Date:

    6 February 2012

    The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that the employment tribunal was entitled to find that a gay barrister was discriminated against when he discovered a memorandum that made derogatory comments about his sexual orientation.