Hearings
England & Wales
11 May 1982 [1982] ICR 449, EAT
16 Feb 1987 [1988] QB 108; [1987] 2 WLR 1225; [1987] ICR 491; [1987] 2 All ER 858, CA
11 Feb 1988 [1988] AC 618; [1988] 2 WLR 359; [1988] ICR 339; [1988] 1 All ER 626, HL(E)
Duke v Reliance Systems Ltd
Additional names
Subject Matter
DISCRIMINATION, SEX — Employment — Retirement — Woman employee's retirement age earlier than man's — Whether unlawful discrimination — Whether “provision in relation to … retirement” — Effect of equal treatment Directive — Sex Discrimination Act 1975, ss 1(1)(a), 6(2)(a)(b)(4) — Council Directive (76/207/EEC), art 5(1)
[1988] AC 618; [1988] QB 108; [1987] 2 WLR 1225; [1988] 2 WLR 359; [1987] ICR 491; [1988] ICR 339
EMPLOYMENT — Unfair dismissal — Excluded classes — “Normal retiring age” — No express provision for retiring age in contract of employment — Employee's complaint of unfair dismissal — Whether 65 normal retiring age for person holding position which employee held — Whether implied term as to retiring age — Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978, s 64(1)(b)
JUDICIAL PRECEDENT — Court of Appeal decision — Per incuriam — Previous decision of Court of Appeal made without reference to EEC Council Directive — Whether decision per incuriam
Appellate History
Duke v Reliance Systems Ltd [1988] QB 108; [1987] 2 WLR 1225; [1987] ICR 491; [1987] 2 All ER 858, CA
Decision of the Court of Appeal affirmed on different grounds
Duke v Reliance Systems Ltd [1988] AC 618; [1988] 2 WLR 359; [1988] ICR 339; [1988] 1 All ER 626, HL(E)