Gender Equality in UK Law

  • Ghaidan v Godin-Mendoza
    • House of Lords
    • 21 Junio 2004
    ... ... and given also that a comprehensive legal reform guaranteeing gender equality in social security law was in course of preparation. New ... ...
  • Lambert v Lambert
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 14 Noviembre 2002
    ... ... i) First he contends that Connell J fell into the trap of gender discrimination by concluding that the husband's contribution as a money ... equality in deference to the really special contribution of the husband as ... ...
  • Fornah v Secretary of State for the Home Department
    • House of Lords
    • 18 Octubre 2006
    ... ... and blatantly challenge the international imperatives towards equality. The right to be free from torture is considered by many scholars to be ... be criminal in accordance with national law of the Member States: Gender related aspects might be considered, without by themselves alone creating ... ...
  • James v Eastleigh Borough Council
    • House of Lords
    • 14 Junio 1990
    ... ... services in terms which are themselves discriminatory in terms of gender. If this were not so it would be lawful, for example, to provide free ... in Reg. v. Commission for Racial Equality , Ex parte Westminster City Council [1984] I.C.R. 770 ... 24 I was ... ...
  • R (MA and Others) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
    • Supreme Court
    • 09 Noviembre 2016
    ... ... Intervener (Equality & Human Rights Commission) ... Helen Mountfield QC Raj ... considered the questions of disability based discrimination and gender-based discrimination. Did the courts apply the right ... ...
  • Parra v Parra
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 20 Diciembre 2002
    ... ... of this case to achieve a result that meets the yardstick of equality, which is a compelling one in this case, Mrs Parra should be paid a lump ... the marriage to achieve equality and to eliminate any potential for gender discrimination. They had in effect elected for a marital regime of ... ...
  • Bellinger v Bellinger
    • House of Lords
    • 10 Abril 2003
    ... ... Apart from that, the registrar did not ask about her gender status, nor did Mrs Bellinger volunteer any information. Since their ... In the interests of legal certainty, foreseeability and equality before the law the court should not depart, without good reason, from ... ...
  • Miller v Miller (Short Marriage: Clean break)
    • House of Lords
    • 24 Mayo 2006
    ... ... This 'equal sharing' principle derives from the basic concept of equality permeating a marriage as understood today. Marriage, it is often said, is ... But as the gender roles also become more flexible within the marriage, with bread-winning ... ...
  • Charman v Charman (No 2)
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 24 Mayo 2007
    ... ... conducting the necessary cross-check against the yardstick of equality (subject, however, to the agreed conclusion that the yardstick was at any ... of the family will not successfully have been purged of inherent gender discrimination unless it is accepted that such a contribution can, in ... ...
  • Madarassy v Nomura International Plc
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 26 Enero 2007
    ... ... assistance from the Commissions for Equal Opportunities, Racial Equality and Disability Rights, which, with the permission of the court, intervened ... “There was equality of shouting regardless of gender or level within ECM.” This was the culture of this workplace. It might ... ...
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