Richmond Pharmacology v Dhaliwal

Subject Matter

DISCRIMINATION — Race — Employment — Harassment of employee — Employer without offensive intention remarking employee might be “married off in India” — Employee finding comment offensive — Necessary elements of liability — Whether racial harassment — Race Relations Act 1976, s 3A (as inserted by Race Relations Act 1976 (Amendment) Regulations 2003, reg 5)

[2009] ICR 724, EAT

Legislation Considered

Statutes

Race Relations Act 1976 (c 74), s 3A (as inserted)

Cases Cited

Cases cited in: Richmond Pharmacology v Dhaliwal [2009] ICR 724, EAT

Chief Constable of the West Yorkshire Police v Khan [2001] UKHL 48; [2001] 1 WLR 1947; [2001] ICR 1065; [2001] 4 All ER 834; [2001] IRLR 830; The Times, 16 October 2001, HL(E)

Driskel v Peninsula Business Services Ltd [2000] IRLR 151, EAT

English v Thomas Sanderson Blinds Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 1421; [2009] ICR 543; [2009] 2 All ER 468, CA

James v Eastleigh Borough Council [1990] 2 AC 751; [1990] 3 WLR 55; [1990] ICR 554; [1990] 2 All ER 607; 88 LGR 756; The Times, 15 June 1990, HL(E)

Nagarajan v London Regional Transport [2000] 1 AC 501; [1999] 3 WLR 425; [1999] ICR 877; [1999] 4 All ER 65, HL(E)

R (Equal Opportunities Commission) v Secretary of State for Trade and Industry [2007] EWHC 483 (Admin); [2007] ICR 1234, QBD

Subsequent Consideration

Cases subsequently considering: Richmond Pharmacology v Dhaliwal [2009] ICR 724, EAT

Cases citing

Cases citing: Richmond Pharmacology v Dhaliwal [2009] ICR 724, EAT

Ali v Heathrow Express Operating Co Ltd [2022] EAT 54, EAT

Altemimi v General Medical Council [2024] EWHC 1731 (Admin), KBD

Amnesty International v Ahmed UKEAT/447/08; [2009] ICR 1450, EAT

Bakkali v Greater Manchester Buses (South) Ltd (trading as Stagecoach Manchester) UKEAT/176/17; [2018] ICR 1481, EAT

Baldwin v Cleves School [2024] EAT 66; [2024] ICR 1001; [2024] WLR(D) 199, EAT

Carozzi v University of Hertfordshire [2024] EAT 169, EAT

Chawla v Hewlett Packard Ltd UKEAT/280/13; [2015] CN 414, EAT

Greasley-Adams v Royal Mail Group Ltd [2023] EAT 86; [2023] ICR 1031; [2023] IRLR 723, EAT

Land Registry v Grant [2011] EWCA Civ 769; [2011] ICR 1390, CA

Lindsay v London School of Economics and Political Science [2013] EWCA Civ 1650; [2013] CN 1947, CA

Morgan v Buckinghamshire Council [2022] EAT 160, EAT

Omooba v Michael Garrett Associates Ltd (trading as Global Artists) [2024] EAT 30, EAT

Pemberton v Inwood [2018] EWCA Civ 564; [2018] ICR 1291; [2018] WLR(D) 179, CA

Pemberton v Inwood UKEAT/72/16; [2017] ICR 929, EAT

Smith v Nottingham City Transport [2024] EAT 94, EAT