Anyanwu and another v South Bank Students’ Union and South Bank University [2001] IRLR 305 HL

Race discrimination: "Aids" should be given its plain and ordinary meaning

Date:

15 May 2001

In Anyanwu and another v South Bank Student Union and another (Commission for Racial Equality intervening), the House of Lords holds that the word "aids" in s.33(1) of the Race Relations Act 1976 is a familiar word in everyday use that bears no technical or special meaning in this context.