Scottish Federation of Housing Associations v Jones

This week we are looking at philosophical belief discrimination. Both religion and philosophical beliefs are protected characteristics under Section 10 of the Equality Act 2010. Philosophical beliefs can include political beliefs, veganism and even a belief public money is being wasted. The test for a philosophical belief was defined in the case of Granger as follows: [...]

Forstater v Centre for Global Development (EAT)

Forstater v Centre for Global Development (EAT) Hello and welcome to our case of the week blog. This week’s case has been all over the news. It raises some interesting legal and ethical questions. We covered it a few weeks ago (at the time of its hearing at Tribunal level). The EAT has now delivered [...]

Maya Forstater v Centre for Global Development

Hello and welcome to our case of the week. This week’s case looks at philosophical beliefs. Particularly, whether a belief that biological sex cannot be changed is a philosophical belief capable of being a protected characteristic, giving protection from discrimination under the Equality Act 2010. Background It is first necessary to do some gender theory [...]