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West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive v Singh: CA 1988

The court identified ‘a conscious or unconscious racial attitude which involves stereotyped assumptions’ underlying discrimination. Statistical evidence may be used to establish a discernible pattern in the treatment of a particular group such as to give rise to an inference of discrimination.

Judges:

Balcombe LJ

Citations:

[1988] 1 WLR 730, [1988] ICR 614

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

CitedEuropean Roma Rights Centre and others v Immigration Officer at Prague Airport and Another CA 20-May-2003
A scheme had been introduced to arrange pre-entry clearance for visitors to the United Kingdom by posting of immigration officers in the Czech Republic. The claimants argued that the system was discriminatory, because Roma visitors were now . .
CitedAppiah and Another v Bishop Douglas Roman Catholic High School CA 26-Jan-2007
Black students of African origin, had been excluded from school after an incident. They appealed rejection of their claims for race discrimination and victimisation, saying that they had been at first excluded wrongfully.
Held: ‘Consideration . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.

Discrimination, Employment

Updated: 10 June 2022; Ref: scu.182464

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