Sex discrimination

20 October 2017

Issue: 7766 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court

HM Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills v Interim Executive Board of Al-Hijrah School (Secretary of State for Education and others intervening) [2017] EWCA Civ 1426, [2017] All ER (D) 79 (Oct)

It was direct discrimination, contrary to ss 13 and 85 of the Equality Act 2010 for a mixed-sex school to have a complete segregation of male and female pupils over a certain age for all lessons, breaks, school clubs and trips. The Court of Appeal, Civil Division in so deciding, allowed the appeal of the HM Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills from a judicial review application.

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Sex discrimination

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