Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2012] All ER (D) 79 (Jun)
Neutral Citation: [2012] EWHC 1549 (QB)
Court: Queen's Bench Division
Judge:

Sir Charles Gray sitting as a judge of the High Court

Representation Rajeev Thacker (instructed by Deighton Pierce Glynn) for the claimant.
  Giles Powell (instructed by Office of the Force Solicitor) for the Chief Constable.
  Mark Mullins (instructed by DAC Beachcroft LLP) for the Ambulance Service.
Judgment Dates: 12 June 2012

Catchwords

Race relations - Discrimination - Claimant personal representative brining claim alleging deceased received less favourable treatment on account of race prior to death - Judge in County Court refusing to strike out claim - Whether judge erring in concluding claim having reasonable prospect of success.

The Case

Race relations Discrimination. The Queen's Bench Division, in allowing the defendants' appeals, held that the county court had erred in failing to give separate consideration to the question of whether the treatment received by the deceased, B, had been less favourable on account of B's race.

Practice Areas

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