Woodcock v Cumbria Primary Care Trust [2012] EWCA Civ 330

Age Discrimination: Spot the difference

Jennifer McGrandle analyses a recent EAT decision on who the correct comparator is when seeking to demonstrate less favourable treatment ‘RBS may struggle to justify its treatment of Mr Donkor given that the significant additional cost of his enhanced pension seems to have been the driving force behind the decision not to offer him the …

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Justification Defence: Revisiting the ‘cost plus’ rule

Katharine McPherson reviews the decision in Woodcock v Cumbria PCT and considers what role cost may play in justifying treatment that would otherwise amount to discrimination ‘In accordance with previous case law, the court agreed that an employer cannot justify discrimination simply because not discriminating would involve increased costs.’ For some time now, case law …

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