Smith v Gardner Merchant Ltd
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Date | 1996 |
| Court | Employment Appeal Tribunal |
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4 cases
- MacDonald v Ministry of Defence
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Pearce v Governing Body of Mayfield School
...in the one case are the same, or not materially different, in the other." This difficult issue was considered by this court in Smith v Gardner Merchant [1998] IRLR 510. A male homosexual barman complained of offensive remarks about his sexuality from a female colleague. Ward LJ accepted (pa......
- Pearce v Governing Body of Mayfield School
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Smith v Gardner Merchant Ltd
...once the discrimination is not "based on stereotypical assumptions as to gender characteristics"—to borrow Simon Brown L.J.'s words in Smith - then the matter is no longer straightforward. The case will be different when it is not a "gender-based criterion (which) is the basis upon which th......