Congratulations to Jessica Franklin, junior counsel for the claimants, who successfully resisted British Airways’ appeal in the case of British Airways PLC v Rollett & Others.
British Airways appealed the Employment Tribunal’s finding that it had jurisdiction to hear associative indirect discrimination claims under s19 Equality Act.
In a judgment handed down this morning, the Employment Appeal Tribunal dismissed the appeal. It found that s19 Equality Act can support claims where (a) there is a PCP that puts people with a particular protected characteristic at a disadvantage, and (b) where a claimant also suffers that disadvantage, but does not have the same protected characteristic as the disadvantaged group.
Jessica was led by Martina Murphy of Outer Temple Chambers. They were instructed by Tara Grossman of Kepler Wolf, Jacqueline McGuigan of TMP Solicitors and the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
The judgment can be found here.
