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Is prosecutorial discretion subject to the public sector equality duty?
The Equality Act 2010 creates a duty on public sector entities to have consideration for equality in all decisions they take. Does this bear on prosecutorial offices and their exercises of ...
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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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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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What laws cover offences against those with various sets of protected characteristics?
The Equality Act 2010 legally protects people against discrimination, harassment or victimisation based on nine "protected characteristics":
age
disability
gender reassignment
marriage and ...
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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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Is it legal to offer a scholarship only for female applicants?
Suppose an organisation offers training courses on a subject of general significance that could not in any stretch be said specific to either or the other gender.
And it offers free spaces on it under ...
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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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Is it an offence if the target of racism only appears to be of/from a different race, colour or national or ethnic origin?
Background
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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