The defendant appealed against a finding that he had so operated his bed and breakfast facility as to infringe the claimant’s rights under the 2007 regulations, by not providing accomodation for the claimant a homosexual couple.
Held: Applying Preddy, this was direct discrimination.
Lord Dyson MR, Arden, McCombe LJJ
[2013] EWCA Civ 820, [2013] WLR(D) 270, [2013] Eq LR 894, [2013] 4 All ER 1053, [2013] 1 WLR 2490
Bailii
Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2007
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Bull and Another v Hall and Another SC 27-Nov-2013
The court was asked ‘Is it lawful for a Christian hotel keeper, who sincerely believes that sexual relations outside marriage are sinful, to refuse a double-bedded room to a same sex couple?’ The defendants (Mr and Mrs Bull) appealed against a . .
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Discrimination
Updated: 15 November 2021; Ref: scu.512190