Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2010] All ER (D) 173 (Oct)
Court: Employment Appeal Tribunal
Judge:

Judge Peter Clark
Representation The employee appeared in person.
  Mark Hill (instructed by Greater Manchester Police Legal Services) for the employer.
Judgment Dates: 12 November 2009

Catchwords

Employment - Discrimination - Religious discrimination - Employee adherent of Spiritualist Church - Employer terminating employee's employment on basis of his work in psychic field - Employee presenting complaint before employment tribunal that employer discriminating against him on grounds of his religious or philosophical beliefs - Tribunal finding matters coming within relevant regulations - Whether tribunal erring - Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations 2003, , reg 2.

The Case

Employment Discrimination. The Employment Appeal Tribunal dismissed the employee's appeal against the tribunal's decision at a pre-hearing review that the employee's beliefs that there was life after death and the dead could be contacted through medium were capable of being religious beliefs for the purposes of the Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations 2003, , as amended by s77 of the .

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