Disability Discrimination / Disability Discrimination Act 1995 / claims by former employees

[2002] ICR 1124 (Court of Appeal)

NOTES

Kirker v British Sugar Plc [2003] UKHL 33 on 19th June 2003 (in the name of the lead case of Rhys-Harper v Relaxion Group plc HL 2003 ).

The full text judgment is available free of charge on the BAILII website

The House of Lords judgment dealt with 5 other cases at the same time ( Rhys-Harper v Relaxion Group plc HL 2003 ; D'Souza v London Borough of Lambeth; Jones v 3M Healthcare Limited; Bond v Citizens’ Advice Bureau; Angel v NHS Possibilities NHS Trust)

Authority for the proposition that

discriminatory acts done by an employer after termination of an employee's contract of employment are within the scope of the anti-discrimination legislation (the Sex Discrimination Act 1975, the Race Relations Act 1976, and the Disability Discrimination Act 1995) provided they are "incidental" to the employment.

For relevant general notes see Disability Discrimination/post-termination discrimination and/or Sex discrimination/a general introductory note and/or Racial discrimination/discrimination in the employment field/victimisation .

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updated June2003.