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James v Eastleigh BC

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Lord Bridge, Lord Ackner and Lord Goff held that this was discrimination on grounds of sex under SDA 1975 s 1(1), because it followed the state pensionable and that was itself discriminatory. Lord Goff that Sir Nicholas Browne-Wilkinson VC’s desire test was not appropriate. One need not focus at all
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Eastleigh BC offered free swimming pool access to pensioners, while non-pensioners had to pay for access. Because men and women become pensioners at different ages, "pensionable age" was "a shorthand expression which refers to the age of 60 in a woman and to the age of 65 in a man". Mr James had to
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I have to stress, however, that the ‘but for’ test is not appropriate for cases of indirect discrimination under s 1(1)(b), because there may be indirect discrimination against persons of one sex under that subsection, although a (proportionately smaller) group of persons of the opposite sex is
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pay for the swimming pool, but Mrs James did not because he was below pensionable age. He claimed there was direct discrimination (not indirect, whereby there would probably be a successful justification). Mr James claimed that this was contrary to the
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on intention or motive, because one can simply ask, ‘would the complainant have received the same treatment from the defendant but for his or her sex?’
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Adams-Prassl, Jeremias; Binns, Reuben; Kelly-Lyth, Aislinn (1 August 2022).
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House of Lords James (Appellant) v. Eastleigh Borough Council (Respondents)
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2 AC 751 is a leading discrimination case relevant for
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Index

UK labour law
Sex Discrimination Act 1975
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Equality Act 2010
ss 13
136
Stefanko v Doherty and Maritime Hotel Ltd
IRLR 322
Horsey v Dyfed County Council
R (EOC) v Birmingham City Council
James v Eastleigh BC
UKHL 6
Webb v EMO Air Cargo (UK) Ltd (No 2)
UKHL 13
Smith v Safeway plc
Grant v South-West Trains Ltd
Chief Constable of Yorkshire Police v Khan
Shamoon v Royal Ulster Constabulary
UKHL 11
Roma Rights Centre v Prague Immigration
UKHL 55
Homer v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire
UKSC 15
Coleman v Attridge Law
English v Sanderson Blinds Ltd
Grainger plc v Nicholson
UK labour
equality law

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