| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2011] All ER (D) 32 (Sep) |
| Neutral Citation: | [2011] UKPC 26 |
| Court: | Privy Council |
| Judge: | Lord Phillips, Lord Brown, Lord Mance, Lord Kerr and Lord Dyson |
| Representation | Sir Fenton Ramsahoye SC, Elton Prescott SC, Tom Richards, Anthony Bullock, Jodie Blackstock, Sanjeev Datadin and Cindy Bhagwandeen (instructed by Bankside Commercial Solicitors) for the claimant. |
| Peter Knox QC, Carol Hernandez and Nadine Nabie (instructed by Charles Russell LLP) for the defendant. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 9 August 2011 |
Catchwords
Trinidad and Tobago - Employment - Education - Ministry of Education requiring candidates for teaching posts to have minimum period of experience - Claimant applying for posts - Claimant being found not to have necessary experience by defendant appointing body - Claimant successfully applying for judicial review - Court of Appeal allowing defendant's appeal - Claimant appealing - Whether defendant lawfully refusing claimant's application.
The Case
Trinidad and Tobago Employment. The Privy Council, in dismissing the claimant's appeal, held that, in the circumstances, the defendant's decision to refuse the claimant's job application on the basis that he had not satisfied a minimum experience requirement had not been unlawful.
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