Lady Hale on indirect discrimination: Essop and Naeem

Introduction

In Essop & Ors v Home Office (UK Border Agency) [2017] UKSC 27, there were two conjoined cases: Essop and Naeem v Secretary of State for Justice. The Supreme Court gave a unanimous judgment on both.

The issue before the Court was the interpretation of indirect discrimination as defined in s 19 of the Equality Act 2010: Continue reading