12 February 2009 / Peter Hungerford-welch

Issue: 7356 / Categories: Features , Practice areas , Discrimination , Employment

Child Support Agency (Dudley) v Truman (EAT, 10 December 2008)

Peter Hungerford-Welch, associate dean, The City Law School, City University London. W www.city.ac.uk/law

The narrower comparator favoured by the majority in Malcolm v Lewisham LBC [2008] UKHL 43, [2008] 1 AC 1399, in disability-related discrimination claims in the housing context, applies equally in the employment context. The wider comparator used in Clark v TDG Ltd (t/a Novacold Ltd) [1999] 2 All ER 977 should no longer apply (unless and until the legislation is further amended).

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Child Support Agency (Dudley) v Truman (EAT, 10 December 2008)

Issue: 7356 / Categories: Features , Practice areas , Discrimination , Employment

Peter Hungerford-Welch, associate dean, The City Law School, City University London. W www.city.ac.uk/law

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Child Support Agency (Dudley) v Truman (EAT, 10 December 2008)

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gateley Legal—Jack Kelly

Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees

Laytons ETL—Alec Cameron