Norouzi (indirect discrimination) case reported in Equality Law Reports
28/10/2011
The case of Sheffield City Council v Norouzi (UKEAT/0497/10) has been reported in the Equality Law Reports, a new series of reports and the UK's first series of law reports covering all areas of discrimination law, published by Michael Rubenstein Publishing.
Sheffield City Council v Norouzi [2011] EqLR 1039
Abstract from the report:
A claim in respect of third-party harassment could be brought under the Race Relations Act against an emanation of the state. However, there are environments - including prisons, residential homes and some schools - where employees may be subjected to a level of harassment on a proscribed ground which cannot easily be prevented or eradicated. In such cases, the employer should not too readily be held liable for conduct by third parties which is in truth a hazard of the job; and if it is to be held liable on the basis that insufficient steps were taken to protect the employee in question, a Tribunal must be prepared to focus on what precisely could have been done but was not done.
The report contains commentary covering the facts of the case and the decision and a list of the cases referred to. The report also includes the full transcript of the EAT decision by The Honourable Mr Justice Underhill (President of the EAT).
Mr Norouzi was represented by Kerry Smith of GCN.
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