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- Date:
- 1 March 1995
- Type:
- Employment law cases
A Pakistani doctor who was not shortlisted for a medical post because he could not meet the job requirements was unlawfully indirectly discriminated against, rules an Edinburgh industrial tribunal (Chair: S Krietman) in Mian v Common Services Agency and Brotherston.
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- Date:
- 1 March 1995
- Type:
- Employment law cases
A Sri Lankan-born candidate was discriminated against when his application for the post of director of community services was turned down, a Bury St Edmunds industrial tribunal (Chair: D R Crome) has ruled in Abraham v Fenland District Council.
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- Date:
- 1 March 1995
- Type:
- Employment law cases
A failure to shortlist a black employee for interview for the job of senior social worker was unlawful discrimination, rules a Nottingham industrial tribunal (Chair: D R Sneath) in Charles v Nottinghamshire County Council.
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- Date:
- 1 September 1994
- Type:
- Employment law cases
A Pakistani applicant who unsuccessfully applied for the post of senior equality adviser was discriminated against on the grounds of race, rules a Nottingham industrial tribunal majority (Chair: J H Bellis) in Ayub v Nottinghamshire County Council.
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- Date:
- 1 September 1994
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Bishop v The Cooper Group plc a London South industrial tribunal (Chair: E R Donnelly), hearing "alarm bells" when told that the successful male candidates for apprenticeships in a wholly male environment would "fit in", rules that a teenage girl was turned down because of her sex.
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- Date:
- 1 June 1994
- Type:
- Employment law cases
A job applicant who during her job interview was asked questions about her childminding arrangements and whether her husband objected to her working evenings, was not unlawfully discriminated against, rules a Bedford industrial tribunal (Chair: C Tribe) in Twilley v Tompkins.
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- Date:
- 18 February 1986
- Type:
- Employment law cases
Guided by ordinary contractual principles, the Northern Ireland High Court in Robert McDowell Gill and ors v Cape Contractors Ltd rules that the plaintiffs, who had given up secure employment to work for a new employer, were entitled to compensation when the new employer was subsequently unable to take them on. The court found that the employer's promise gave rise to a collateral contract between the parties which was enforceable by the plaintiffs.