The Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police v Vento: EAT 4 Dec 2001

EAT Sex Discrimination – Direct

Judges:

The Honourable Mr Justice Wall

Citations:

EAT/522/01, [2001] UKEAT 522 – 01 – 0412

Links:

Bailii, EATn

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Citing:

See alsoThe Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police v Vento EAT 19-Oct-2001
EAT Sex Discrimination – Victimisation . .
See alsoThe Chief Constable of West Yorkshire v Vento EAT 8-Jun-2000
EAT A claim was made for sex discrimination. The tribunal considered the approach to be taken in the absence of a real comparator.
Held: The tribunal had been correct to construct an hypothetical . .

Cited by:

Appeal fromVento v The Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police (No 2) CA 20-Dec-2002
The claimant had been awarded damages for sex discrimination, including a sum of andpound;25,000 for injury to feelings. The respondent appealed.
Held: The Court of Appeal looked to see whether there had been an error of law in the employment . .
CitedZaiwalla and Co (a Firm) v Walia EAT 24-Jul-2002
The claimant sought aggravated damages for the aggressive way the respondent firm had defended her action for sex discrimination.
Held: In exceptional circumstances, and this was one, the tribunal could award additional damages where a . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.

Discrimination, Damages, Employment

Updated: 14 July 2022; Ref: scu.168451