LIST OF CASES / Aylott v Stockton on Tees Borough Council CA 2010

[2010] EWCA Civ 910, Court of Appeal on 29th July 2010, reported at [2010] IRLR 994

NOTES.

Aylott v Stockton on Tees Borough Council, [2010] EWCA Civ 910, Court of Appeal on 29th July 2010, reported at [2010] ICR 1278 (also at [2010] IRLR 994).

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Representation:

Mr Robin Allen QC and Ms Catherine Casserley instructed by the Equality And Human Rights Commission for Mr Aylott, the Appellant

Mr David Reade QC and Mr Hari Menon instructed by Stockton-On-Tees BC Legal Services for the Respondent Council.

Authority for the proposition that:-

the House of Lord's 2008 ruling in the Housing Law case of London Borough of Lewisham v Malcolm HL 2008 IRLR 700 (to the effect that the correct comparator in a disability-related discrimination case is a non-disabled colleague of the claimant who is the same circumstances as him) applies also in employment cases.

For relevant general notes see Disability Discrimination/comparator and/or Equality Act 2010/comparators

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prepared July 2010