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Equality Act: Duties on public bodies
Clare Parkinson examines the new single public sector equality duty in light of a recent finding that HMRC’s treatment of a disabled woman was discriminatory ‘Section 149 of the Equality Act widens the scope of the existing public sector equality general duties by requiring public authorities to have due regard to the need to “advance” …
Cases Referenced
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- Hampson v Department of Education and Science [1989] IRLR 69; [1991] 1 AC 171
- Haworth v Cartmel and HMRC (2011) EWHC 36 (Ch)
- Lewisham London Borough Council v Malcolm [2008] UKHL 43