The claimant alleged discrimination in the failure to select him as a candidate. As a Pakistani, he was excluded by a decision not to select such a candidate for this constituency after allegations (later shown false) had been made against that community in that constituency. His claim of direct race discrimination was upheld by the tribunal.
Held: The finding was upheld. Referring to Showboat: ‘In our view there is no reason why the three Pakistani Muslim factors cannot be regarded as ‘racial considerations’ or ‘reasons based on race.”
Silber J
[2004] UKEAT 0907 – 03 – 2106
Bailii
England and Wales
Citing:
See Also – Carter (Formerly McDonagh (General Secretary of, and on Behalf the Labour Party v Ahsan EAT 11-Feb-2004
EAT Practice and Procedure – Appellate jurisdiction . .
See Also – Sawyer and others v Ahsan EAT 14-Jul-1999
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See Also – Carter (Sued on Her Own Behalf of the Other Members of the Labour Party) v Ahsan EAT 23-Apr-2004
EAT Race Discrimination – Comparison. . .
Cited by:
See Also – Carter (Formerly McDonagh (General Secretary of, and on Behalf the Labour Party v Ahsan EAT 11-Feb-2004
EAT Practice and Procedure – Appellate jurisdiction . .
Appeal from – Ahsan v Carter CA 28-Jul-2005
The claimant sought to assert race discrimination by the Labour Party in not selecting him as a political candidate. The defendant, chairman of the party appealed.
Held: A political party when selecting candidates was not acting as a . .
Cited – A C Redfearn v Serco Ltd T/A West Yorkshire Transport Service EAT 27-Jul-2005
The claimant said that he had been indirectly discriminated against on racial grounds. He was dismissed after being elected as a local councillor for the BNP. The employer considered that for Health and Safety reasons, his dismissal was necessary . .
Cited – Watt (Formerly Carter) v Ahsan HL 21-Nov-2007
The claimant was a Pakistani member of the Labour Party. He had sought selection as parliamentary candidate, but allegations had been made about behaviour of members in the Pakistani community in his ward and the local party had been suspended. A . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Updated: 09 September 2021; Ref: scu.198939
