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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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Is it lawful to offer smaller portions only to children below a certain age, by calling it a "children's menu"?
Suppose that one is ordering from a restaurant that offers full portions for £11 or half-sized portions on a section of the menu designated as for kids for £6.
But suppose that one is over the ...
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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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Alice's restaurant profiteering from those with allergies
Suppose Alice has a restaurant where she serves pies for £10. She can make them with gluten free bases for the allergic, and these bases cost her £3 over the regular ones' £0.5. However, to make one a ...
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Sexually Discriminatory Uniform
In my school/sixth form the uniform policy states that girls are not allowed to wear trousers and boys are not allowed to wear skirts. Despite multiple attempts to come to a civil solution to this ...
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What makes something qualify as indirect unlawful discrimination versus simply being lawful practice?
Imagine that Nike makes a particular model/style of trainer, for example, called the Nike Jordan 4128s, which come in a men's and women's version respectively. They both normally retail for £200, but ...
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To what extent was the Equality Act 2010 shaped by or did it “implement” legal provisions of the EU?
The DPA 2018 was passed pursuant to the EU GDPR to achieve uniformity across the EU in relation to matters of personal data. The unfair contract term regulations too were passed to implement EU ...