Wallace v South Eastern Education and Library Board
| Jurisdiction | Northern Ireland |
| Judgment Date | 01 January 1980 |
| Date | 01 January 1980 |
| Court | Court of Appeal (Northern Ireland) |
(C.A.)
Wallace
and
South Eastern Education and Library Board
Sex discrimination - Tribunal found appellant better qualified for job than successful male applicant -No evidence that discrimination was because of appellant's sex - Whether tribunal had erred in law - Whether tribunal had misapplied onus of proof.
The appellant, a female part-time audio-visual aids technician employed by the respondent, applied unsuccessfully for a post as a full time technician. The successful applicant for the post...
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41 cases
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Collins v Drogheda Lodge Pub
...Ireland Court of Appeal, again as a matter of first principles in discrimination cases, in Wallace v SE Education and Library Board, 1980 NI 38,as far back as 1980. That case was not following EC law. 102 On the basis of the foregoing, I can see no obvious reason why the principle of shifti......
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Sajjadi v The Turk's Head
...Ireland Court of Appeal, again as a matter of first principles in discrimination cases, in Wallace v SE Education and Library Board, 1980 NI 38,as far back as 1980. That case was not following EC law. 83 On the basis of the foregoing, I can see no obvious reason why the principle of shiftin......
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Lynskey v Board of Management of Coolmine Community School
...support of its contention the cases of Culloo v Model School Limerick (EE/8/1987), Wallace v South Eastern Education and Library Board ( 1980, IRLR 193) and Board of Management of Holychild Community School v Two Female Teachers (EE/2/1985). 14 2.9 The Authority submitted that the claimant ......
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Shamoon v Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary
...do not advertise their prejudices and may indeed not even be aware of them. Lowry LCJ was making the same point in Wallace v South Eastern Education and Library Board [1980] IRLR 193 when he said: "Only rarely would direct evidence be available of discrimination on the ground of sex; one i......
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