B v A UKEAT/0450/06/RN | Practical Law

B v A UKEAT/0450/06/RN | Practical Law

In B v A the EAT held that a tribunal had wrongly applied a "but for" test when finding that the dismissal by a solicitor of his personal assistant, with whom he had been involved in an intimate relationship, was an act of sex discrimination. The dismissal was prompted by the solicitor's jealousy on discovering that his assistant was having an affair.

B v A UKEAT/0450/06/RN

Practical Law Resource ID 2-375-6103 (Approx. 2 pages)

B v A UKEAT/0450/06/RN

Published on 09 Jan 2007England, Scotland, Wales
In B v A the EAT held that a tribunal had wrongly applied a "but for" test when finding that the dismissal by a solicitor of his personal assistant, with whom he had been involved in an intimate relationship, was an act of sex discrimination. The dismissal was prompted by the solicitor's jealousy on discovering that his assistant was having an affair.