Dattani v The Chief Constable of West Mercia Police: EAT 6 Dec 2004

EAT Race Discrimination – Burden of proof (1) ET erred when, in considering whether C had made out a prima facie case of race discrimination, it paid attention at that stage to evidence and explanations of the . . R. Sinclair Roche and Temperley [2004] IRLR 763 EAT applied.
(2) Inferences may be drawn under RRA 1976 Section 65 from material given by a respondent in response to a statutory questionnaire, or otherwise, including a Response and additional information.

His Honour Judge Mcmullen QC
UKEAT/0385/04, [2005] UKEAT 0385 – 04 – 0702
Bailii, EAT
England and Wales
Citing:
CitedDr Anya v University of Oxford and Another CA 22-Mar-2001
Discrimination – History of interactions relevant
When a tribunal considered whether the motive for an act was discriminatory, it should look not just at the act, but should make allowance for earlier acts which might throw more light on the act in question. The Tribunal should assess the totality . .

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Discrimination, Employment

Updated: 20 December 2021; Ref: scu.223157