In Attridge Law and another v Coleman the EAT has upheld a tribunal's decision to ask the ECJ whether the Equal Treatment Framework Directive's provisions on disability cover "associative discrimination" (that is, discrimination against a non-disabled person on grounds of their association with a disabled person). It held that the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 would be capable of a purposive interpretation (with the insertion of appropriate wording) and that the reference to the ECJ should go ahead in order to discover whether such an interpretation is required. The outcome of the case could have major implications for the scope of disability discrimination law in the UK.