Gould v St John’s Downshire Hill

Subject Matter

DISCRIMINATION — Marriage and civil partnership — Employment — Vicar’s marital problems impacting on church staff and congregation — Governing body dismissing vicar on ground relationship of trust and confidence irretrievably broken — Claim that dismissal act of marriage discrimination — Whether dismissal on ground of protected characteristic — Equality Act 2010 (c 15), ss 8, 13

UKEAT/2/20; [2021] ICR 1, EAT

Legislation Considered

Statutes

Equality Act 2010 (c 15), ss 8, 13

Cases Considered

Cases considered in: Gould v St John’s Downshire Hill UKEAT/2/20; [2021] ICR 1, EAT

Cases Cited

Cases cited in: Gould v St John’s Downshire Hill UKEAT/2/20; [2021] ICR 1, EAT

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