The court was asked as to whether the provisions for the reversal of the burden of proof in discrimination cases was limited to findings of discrimination or extended also to issues of victimisation, and as to whether section 5A had properly incorporated the European Directive. Held: The test in section 54A and in Igen v … Continue reading Oyarce v Cheshire County Council: CA 2 May 2008
ECJ Admissibility of the reference for a preliminary ruling – ‘Court or tribunal of a Member State’ within the meaning of Article 267 TFEU – Directive 2000/43/EC – Principle of equal treatment of persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin – Indirect discrimination – Districts inhabited primarily by people belonging to the Roma community – … Continue reading Valeri Hariev Belov: ECJ 20 Sep 2012
(Opinion) Reference for a preliminary ruling – Directive 2000/43/EC – Equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin – Article 7 – Defence of rights – Article 15 – Sanctions – Action for compensation for discrimination – Admission mechanism – Refusal by the defendant to acknowledge the existence of discrimination despite the express … Continue reading Braathens Regional Aviation (Equal Treatment Between Persons Irrespective of Racial or Ethnic Origin – Compensation for Discrimination): ECJ 14 May 2020
(Social Policy) (Opinion) The defendant company had advertised for workers, but said it was unwilling to employ Morrocans.Advocate General Maduro expressed the opinion that the Directive must be understood in the framework of a wider policy to foster conditions for a socially inclusive labour market and to ensure the development of democratic and tolerant societies … Continue reading Centrum Voor Gelijkheid Van Kansen En Voor Racismebestrijding v Firma Feryn NV: ECJ 12 Mar 2008
ECJ Judgment – Directive 2000/43/EC – Principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin – Urban districts lived in mainly by persons of Roma origin – Placing of electricity meters on pylons forming part of the overhead electricity supply network, at a height of between six and seven metres – Concepts … Continue reading Chez Razpredelenie Bulgaria AD v Komisia za zashtita ot diskriminatsia: ECJ 16 Jul 2015