Cases - Employment Appeal Tribunal
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McFarlane v Relate Avon Ltd - dismissal of Christian relationship counsellor who refused to help same-sex couples was lawful
30/11/09
the fact that a person's motivation for refusing to provide psychosexual therapy to same sex couples is his wish to manifest his religious belief does not automatically mean that that belief was the ground on which he was dismissed (which would make the dismissal unlawful under the Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations 2003, SI 2003/1660.
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Johnson v. Coopers Lane Primary School - burden of proof in race discrimination case
01/12/09
EAT rules in a race discrimination case that, "because of the considerable volume of [non-racially related] material that gave explanation for" an employer's actions, the burden of proof did not shift to the employer.
