The Public and Third Sector Law Reports
[2016] PTSR 1344
Court of Appeal
Regina (C)
v
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
[2016] EWCA Civ 47
2015 Dec 1,
2;
2016 Feb 9
Elias, Patten, Black LJJ
Human rights— Respect for private life— Interference with— Department for Work and Pensions client computer database— Transgender claimant’s computer records containing gender history information— Claimant suffering distress dealing face to face with officials having access to gender history information— Department’s policies on retention of such information having legitimate objectives of fraud reduction and pension calculation— Whether interference with claimant’s right to private life proportionate— Whether policies indirectly discriminating unlawfully against transgender persons—
Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, arts 8, 14
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Gender Recognition Act 2004 (c 7), s 9
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Equality Act 2010 (c 15), s 19