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Would a politically vegan establishment denying entry to one donning pro-carnivore slogans be pursuing proportional means to a legitimate aim?
Would the desire to maintain a vegan "safe space" be enough to deny one who ardently believes in the medical importance of eating animal flesh entry to their establishment?
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Is the homes for Ukraine scheme in breach of the human rights act?
I can't really name it off the top of my head, but I want to say that there is an article of the HRA which prevents government policies and legislation itself from discriminating classes of people ...
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Mandating belief in an unsupported empirical claim under UK employment law
Is the following scenario proscribed by UK law:
An employer mandates that all employees complete an online learning activity. This includes an educational document followed by a multiple choice quiz ...
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What would be the legal repercussions of a UK government employee coming out as homosexual in the 1970s?
This question is inspired by an incident in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (the Hollywood film version starring Gary Oldman, not the novel or the BBC miniseries with Alec Guinness).
One of the British ...
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Vodafone offering lifetime free unlimited talk text and data to Ukrainian refugees - unlawful discrimination?
This seems to me a flagrant violation of the human rights and equality acts. I mean at least if it is giving preferential treatment to Ukrainian rather than say Syrian refugees.
If I’m not mistaken ...
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Is it legal for a business to refuse service to a former customer in retribution for them leaving negative online reviews of the business?
The workers of the business are excellent at what they do and lovely people, while the manager is always a mean jerk to everyone. I don’t want to stop going there just because of him but I’m finally ...
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Is it against the law to deny service based on (young) age?
My daughter was asked to leave a pet shop as she was unaccompanied by an adult and was under 14. She was in there with the intention of making a genuine purchase and there is no way she would have ...
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A case of discrimination?
Adam has a "philosophical belief" that the fairness of most forms of discrimination is debatable, as a special case of his belief that most anything should be debatable in a democratic ...
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Is mere accusation without evidence other than testimony of the accuser, grounds for arrest in the UK?
Several years ago I was stopped in public by the police. Someone had 'identified' me as abusing them in terms of their gender two years before that. Had that happened, I suppose it would have been ...
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Uncle Roger Brings Joy to the World or a Type Harrassment?
Title refers, Uncle Roger is getting more famous recently by doing YouTube shows reviewing other chefs' cooking especially on Chinese Fried Rice.
In July 2020, he went viral globally from his ...
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Are benefits available only to people with certain mental health conditions legal in the UK?
I work in the UK. Recently, my employer introduced benefits for people with certain medical conditions (including mental health problems)—i.e., only people suffering from the condition would receive ...
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Is it an offence if the target of racism only appears to be of/from a different race, colour or national or ethnic origin?
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This question was inspired by I was racially abused at a public park. What legal actions can I take?, although I am not asking specifically about that case. In that question someone, in ...
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Is it legal for a company to offer free coding courses to women only?
A company is offering free coding courses to women and non-binary individuals only.
Is this kind of sex-based discrimination legal?
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(UK) Legal vs. Illegal discrimination
This is merely a hypothetical situation. However, I would like to better understand when it is legal to discriminate and when it is illegal.
In this example, a job/role requires applicants to ...
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Can I sue Lloyd's Bank on grounds of religious discrimination?
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/lloyds-bank-removes-overdraft-fee-from-islamic-accounts-9291932.html
Does a bank have the right to disadvantage clients (overdraft charges) purely on ...
