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R v Secretary of State for Employment, ex parte Equal Opportunities Commission and Another

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JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
JudgeLord Keith of Kinkel,Lord Jauncey of Tullichettle,Lord Lowry,Lord Browne-Wilkinson,Lord Slynn of Hadley
Judgment Date03 March 1994
Judgment citation (vLex)[1994] UKHL J0303-1
CourtHouse of Lords
Docket NumberParliamentary Archives, HL/PO/JU/18/254
Date03 March 1994
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74 cases
  • P1 et al. v. Bedfordshire County Council, (1995) 185 N.R. 173 (HL)
    • Canada
    • 29 June 1995
    ...[1990] 1 W.L.R. 235 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 141]. R. v. Secretary of State for Employment; Ex parte Equal Opportunities Commission, [1995] 1 A.C. 1, refd to. [para. 152]. Gateshead Union v. Durham County Council, [1918] 1 Ch. 146, refd to. [para. 153]. Meade v. Haringey London Borough Counc......
  • Fraser v. Canada (Attorney General), 2020 SCC 28
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • 16 October 2020
    ...am Main, C‑4/02 and C‑5/02, [2003] E.C.R. I‑12575; Reg. v. Secretary of State for Employment, Ex parte Equal Opportunities Commission, [1995] 1 A.C. 1; London Underground Ltd. v. Edwards (No. 2), [1999] I.C.R. 494; Phillips v. Martin Marietta Corp., 400 U.S. 542 (1971); Bostock v. Clayton C......
  • R (on the application of Adiatu and another) v HM Treasury
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
    • 1 January 2020
  • orthern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People's application
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Northern Ireland)
    • 21 December 2007
    ...judicial review on a number of occasions. For example the Equal 11 Opportunities Commissioner in R v S of S for Employment, ex p. EOC (1995) 1 AC 1 where the court said: “It would be a very retrograde step now to hold that the EOC (should not be allowed) to agitate in JR proceedings questio......
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6 books & journal articles
  • Of Kings and Officers — The Judicial Development of Public Law
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 33-2, June 2005
    • 1 June 2005
    ...413; 59 ER 164; Clayton v AG (1834) 1 Coop temp Cott 87; 47 ER 766; Dyson v AG [1911] 1 KB 410; R v Employment Secretary; Ex parte EOC [1995] 1 AC 1, 2005 Judicial Development of Public Law 21 ____________________________________________________________________________________ The availabil......
  • Disparate Effects and Objective Justifications in Sex Discrimination Law
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage International Journal of Discrimination and the Law No. 5-1, March 2001
    • 1 March 2001
    ...pay-ment strategies may simply reflect long-standing tradition or what othersimilarly-situated employers habitually do.' Ibid at 42.69 [1994] ICR 317. It was conceded that the provisions had an adversedisparate impact on women; at the time application for judicial reviewwas made, 87% of UK ......
  • Human Rights Protection in Australia: Interpretation Provisions and Parliamentary Supremacy
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 32-1, March 2004
    • 1 March 2004
    ...Factortame Ltd (No 2) [1991] 1 AC 603 ('Factortame'); R v Secretary of State for Employment; Ex parte Equal Opportunities Commission [1995] 1 AC 1. See also Anisminic Ltd v Foreign Compensation Commission [1969] 2 AC 147. Contrast the approach of the majority in Blackburn v Attorney-General......
  • Human Rights Protection in Australia: Interpretation Provisions and Parliamentary Supremacy
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 32-1, March 2004
    • 1 March 2004
    ...Factortame Ltd (No 2) [1991] 1 AC 603 ('Factortame'); R v Secretary of State for Employment; Ex parte Equal Opportunities Commission [1995] 1 AC 1. See also Anisminic Ltd v Foreign Compensation Commission [1969] 2 AC 147. Contrast the approach of the majority in Blackburn v Attorney-General......
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1 provisions
  • Employment Protection (Part-time Employees) Regulations 1995
    • United Kingdom
    • UK Non-devolved
    • 1 January 1995
    ...Judicial Committee of the House of Lords in R -v- Secretary of State for Employment, ex parte Equal Opportunities Commission and another [1994] 2 WLR 409. The Regulations come into force on 6th February The Regulations remove the provisions of the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1......

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