British Telecommunications Plc v Williams

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Date1997
CourtEmployment Appeal Tribunal
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7 cases
  • MacDonald v Ministry of Defence
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 19 Junio 2003
    ...to a complaint of sexual harassment that a person of the opposite sex would have been similarly treated: see Morison J in British Telecommunications Plc v Williams [1997] IRLR 668, 17 In agreement with Ward LJ in Smith v Gardner Merchant Ltd [1999] ICR 134, 147-148, I respectfully think so......
  • Smith v Gardner Merchant Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 14 Julio 1998
    ...[1986] I.C.R. 564, 569H. In a passage to which I must later refer again, Morison J. said in British Telecommunications PLC v Williams [1997] IRLR 668, 669.8:— "Discrimination on the grounds of sex can take many forms. Sexual harassment is a particular form. Sexual harassment can best be def......
  • Pearce v Governing Body of Mayfield School
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 31 Julio 2001
    ...Porcelli v Strathclyde Regional Council [1986] IRLR 134, as applied by Morison J in the EAT in British Telecommunications PLC v Williams [1997] IRLR 668: "I agree with Morison J that in general in cases of sexual harassment there is no necessity to look for a comparison with a particular pe......
  • Macdonald v. Scotland (Advocate General), [2003] N.R. Uned. 173 (HL)
    • Canada
    • 19 Junio 2003
    ...198, 204, para. 11. Mr. Emmerson referred to the way the argument was put by Morison, J., in British Telecommunications Plc. v. Williams [1997] IRLR 668, 669, where he said: "To affect a person's dignity on the grounds of sex will, as with other forms of sexual harassment, cause a detr......
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1 books & journal articles
  • The Liability of Employers for the Harassment of Employees by Non-Employees
    • South Africa
    • Juta Stellenbosch Law Review No. , August 2019
    • 16 Agosto 2019
    ...favourably and that she suffered a detriment as a result. In Br itish Telecommunications PLC v Williams47 the Employment Ap peals Tribunal (EAT) dened sexual harassment as “unwanted conduct of a sexual nat ure or other conduct based on sex affecting the dign ity of women and men at work.”4......

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