Hearings
England & Wales
22 Feb 1985 [1985] ICR 847, EAT
02 Dec 1985 [1986] 1 WLR 1207; [1986] ICR 172, CA
Deria v General Council of British Shipping
Subject Matter
DISCRIMINATION, RACE — Employment — Application for employment — British ship requisitioned abroad — Not expected to enter British territorial waters — Employment agency recruiting crew for vessel refusing to recruit Somali seamen — Whether lawful discrimination — Whether ship “establishment in Great Britain” — Race Relations Act 1976, ss 4(1), 8(1), 14(1)(4)
Appellate History
Deria v General Council of British Shipping [1985] ICR 847, EAT
Decision of the Employment Appeal Tribunal affirmed
Deria v General Council of British Shipping [1986] 1 WLR 1207; [1986] ICR 172, CA