Cases - Other
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Celia v United Kingdom - strike out of WBA claim - ECtHR 29.1.08
31/01/08
Mr Celia's ECtHR case was another in the long line of claims concerning the discriminatory non-payment of Widow's Bereavement Allowance (WBA) to a man.
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Coleman v Attridge Law - does disability discrimination protection extend to carers? - ECJ Case C303/06 AG's opinion 31.1.08
31/01/08
The London South Employment Tribunal referred to the ECJ the question of whether Council Directive 2000/78/EC prohibits discrimination where an employee is treated less favourably than her colleagues because, although not herself disabled, she is associated with a disabled person.
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GAB Robins Ltd v Triggs - compensation for unfair dismissal is limited to losses sustained in consequence of dismissal so cannot include losses due to antecedent breaches by employer - Court of Appeal 30.1.08
31/01/08
Mrs Trigg had resigned from her employment and won a claim for constructive unfair dismissal.
