The East Ham South Conservative Club had refused on racial grounds to admit Mr Amarjit Singh Shah as a member. The Board brought proceedings under section 2(1). But the club said that they were not supplying anything to the public. They were a private club which offered services only to members.
Held: The defence succeeded. The club’s members to whom the club’s services were provided were not a section of the public. The phrase ‘to the public or a section of the public’ were words of limitation.
Lord Reid said that he could not see any reasonable or workable dividing line so long as there was operated a genuine system of personal selection of members.
Judges:
Lord Reid, Hodson L
Citations:
[1973] AC 868
Statutes:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Ali and Another v Triesman (McDonagh) CA 7-Feb-2002
The applicants sought selection as candidates for the Labour Party. The respondent asserted that such issues were not ones of employment, and therefore not covered by the Act, and appealed a finding of the EAT against them.
Held: Sawyer was . .
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Discrimination
Updated: 08 May 2022; Ref: scu.183445