Summary Disability Discrimination

Equality Act 2010 – Disability Discrimination

Preparatory Reading:

Cases
q Archibold v Fife Council [2004] UKHL 32
q Basildon & Thurrock NHS Foundation Trust v Weerasinghe [2016] ICR 305,
EAT
q Carranza v General Dynamics Information Technology Ltd [2015] IRLR 43,
[2015] ICR 169
q Chief Constable of Dumfries and Galloway v. Adams UKEATS/0046/08/BI 3
April 2009
q Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police v. Jelic [2010]
q Cordell v FCO [2012] ICR 280, [2011] UKEAT 0016_11_0510, [2011] Eq LR
1210
q Garrett v. Lidl Ltd [2009]
q Goodwin v. Patent Office [1999] ICR 302, [1999] IRLR
q Hall v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police [2015] IRLR 893, EAT
q Kenny v. Hampshire Constabulary [1999] IRLR 76
q Law Hospital NHS Trust v. Rush [2001] IRLR 611
q London Borough of Lewisham v Malcolm [2008]
q Pnaiser v NHS England [2016] IRLR 170, EAT
q Richmond Adult Community College v. McDougall [2008] IRLR 227
q Rugamer v. Sony Music ICR 381, [2001] IRLR 644
q SCA Packaging Ltd v. Boyle [2009] UKHL 37
q Taylor v Ladbrokes Betting & Gaming Ltd UKEAT/0353/15/DA 16 Dec 2016

Textbook
q Cabrelli’s Employment Law in Context (Chapter 12)
q Selwyn’s Law of Employment (Chapter 4)
q Smith & Wood’s Employment Law (Chapter 5)

Statute, Statutory Instruments & Codes of Practice
q Equality Act 2010 - Section 6 (definition of ‘disability’)
q Equality Act 2010 – Sections 13,19,26,27,39
q Equality Act 2010 – Sections 15, 20-22, 60
q Equality Act 2010 – Schedules 1, 8, 9
q Equality Act 2010 (Disability) Regulations 2010
q EHRC Code of Practice on Employment

Journals
q Anna Lawson, ‘Disability and Employment in the Equality Act 2010: Opportunities
seized, lost and generated’ (2011) 40(4) ILJ 359


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