Index card Efobi v Royal Mail Group Ltd

Hearings

England & Wales

10 Aug 2017 UKEAT/203/16; [2018] ICR 359; [2017] WLR (D) 694, EAT (Elisabeth Laing J)

23 Jan 2019 [2019] EWCA Civ 18; [2019] ICR 750; [2019] 2 All ER 917; [2019] WLR (D) 34, CA (Underhill, Baker LJJ, Sir Patrick Elias)

05 Nov 2019 (appn all) [2020] ICR 198, SC(E) (Baroness Hale of Richmond PSC, Lord Hodge, Lady Arden JJSC)

23 Jul 2021 [2021] UKSC 33; [2021] 1 WLR 3863; [2021] ICR 1263; [2022] 1 All ER 401; [2021] WLR(D) 407; The Times, 5 August 2021, SC(E) (Lord Hodge DPSC, Lord Briggs, Lady Arden, Lord Hamblen, Lord Leggatt JJSC)

Subject Matter

DISCRIMINATION — Race — Burden of proof — Academically qualified claimant making numerous unsuccessful job applications to employer — Claim of discrimination on ground of race — Whether claimant required to prove facts from which inference of discrimination possible — Equality Act 2010 (c 15), s 136(2)

UKEAT/203/16; [2018] ICR 359; [2017] WLR (D) 694, EAT

[2019] EWCA Civ 18; [2019] ICR 750; [2019] 2 All ER 917; [2019] WLR (D) 34, CA

DISCRIMINATION — Race — Burden of proof — Academically qualified claimant making numerous unsuccessful job applications to employer — Claim of discrimination on ground of race — Whether burden on claimant to prove facts from which inference of discrimination possible — Whether adverse inferences to be drawn from fact employer adduced no evidence as to reasons for not selecting claimant — Equality Act 2010 (c 15), ss 13(1), 136

[2021] UKSC 33; [2021] 1 WLR 3863; [2021] ICR 1263; [2022] 1 All ER 401; [2021] WLR(D) 407; The Times, 5 August 2021, SC(E)

Appellate History

Efobi v Royal Mail Group Ltd UKEAT/203/16; [2018] ICR 359; [2017] WLR (D) 694, EAT

Decision of Employment Appeal Tribunal reversed

Efobi v Royal Mail Group Ltd [2019] EWCA Civ 18; [2019] ICR 750; [2019] 2 All ER 917; [2019] WLR (D) 34, CA

Decision of the Court of Appeal affirmed

Efobi v Royal Mail Group Ltd [2021] UKSC 33; [2021] 1 WLR 3863; [2021] ICR 1263; [2022] 1 All ER 401; [2021] WLR(D) 407; The Times, 5 August 2021, SC(E)