Chris Ryder v Northern Ireland Policing Board
| Jurisdiction | Northern Ireland |
| Judge | Kerr LCJ |
| Judgment Date | 23 November 2007 |
| Neutral Citation | [2007] NICA 43 |
| Court | Court of Appeal (Northern Ireland) |
| Date | 23 November 2007 |
| Year | 2007 |
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Neutral Citation No. [2007] NICA 43
Ref:
KERF5991
Judgment: approved by the Court for handing down
Delivered:
23/11/2007
(subject to editorial corrections)*
IN HER MAJESTY’S COURT OF APPEAL IN NORTHERN IRELAND
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BETWEEN:
CHRIS RYDER
Claimant/Respondent
and
NORTHERN IRELAND POLICING BOARD
Respondent/Appellant
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Before Kerr LCJ, Higgins LJ and Girvan LJ
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KERR LCJ
Introduction
[1] This is an appeal by way of case stated from a decision of a Fair
Employment tribunal holding that a number of views and opinions expressed
by the claimant/respondent (hereafter ‘the respondent’) constitute ‘political
opinions’ for the purpose of the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern
Ireland) Order 1998.
Factual background
[2] The respondent applied for the post of Communications Director with the
appellant in 2003. He was not short listed for interview and lodged an
originating claim with the Office of the Industrial Tribunal and Fair
Employment tribunal on 23 September 2003 alleging that he had been
discriminated against by the appellant on the grounds of his religious belief
and political opinion. The appellant did not make an appointment on foot of
that recruitment exercise but re-advertised the post of Communications
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