Showboat Entertainment Centre Ltd v Owens [1983] UKEAT 29_83_2810 (28 October 1983)

Section 1(1)(a) of the Race Relations Act 1976 covers all cases of discrimination on racial grounds, whether the racial characteristics in question are those of the person treated less favourably or of some other person. Dismissing an employee for refusing to carry out a racially discriminatory instruction is unlawful discrimination against that employee.

Citation: [1983] UKEAT 29_83_2810
Parties: Appellant: Showboat Entertainment Centre Ltd.; Respondent: Mr. Owens
Jurisdiction: United Kingdom
Judgment Date: 28 October 1983
Procedural Posture: Employment Discrimination Appeal / Appeal From Industrial Tribunal
Outcome: Appeal dismissed
Legal Topics: Racial Discrimination, Dismissal for Refusal to Carry Out Discriminatory Instructions, Interpretation of Race Relations Act 1976

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Parties

Showboat Entertainment Centre Ltd.

Appellant

Mr. Owens

Respondent

Procedural Posture

Employment Discrimination Appeal / Appeal From Industrial Tribunal

Legal Issues

1 Whether dismissal of an employee for refusing to carry out a racially discriminatory instruction constitutes unlawful discrimination against the employee under the Race Relations Act 1976

Ratio Decidendi

Court Disposition

Appeal dismissed

Orders

Industrial tribunal's decision upheld
Leave to appeal to Court of Appeal granted upon abandonment of other grounds of appeal