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Highlights of key appeal cases

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City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council v Pratt [2007] IRLR 192 EAT (0 other reports)
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Hay v Surrey County Council [2007] EWCA Civ 93 CA (0 other reports)
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Madarassy v Nomura International plc [2007] IRLR 246 CA (1 other report)
- Sex discrimination: Prima facie case requires more than a difference in sex and a difference in treatment
  
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  14 May 2007
  
  In Madarassy v Nomura International plc [2007] IRLR 246, the Court of Appeal has held that a "possibility" of discrimination arising only from a difference in gender and a difference in treatment is not, without more, sufficient to support an inference of unlawful discrimination, thereby shifting the burden of proof to the employer.

This month's round-up of decisions on discrimination from the appeal courts.

DDA: RISK ASSESSMENTS

The Court of Appeal considered the issue of whether or not a risk assessment is a separate and distinct component of the duty to make reasonable adjustments under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, in Hay v Surrey County Council (16 February 2007).

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Sex discrimination: Prima facie case requires more than a difference in sex and a difference in treatment

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