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|  Re Wyatt (a child) (2006) | |
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| Barracks v Chief Superintendent John Coles (2006) | |
| Karon Monaghan and Tessa Hetherington appeared for the appellant in this case concerning the right to a fair trial in the context of race discrimination proceedings and the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000. |
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| Secretary of State for Defence v Elias (2006) | |
| Concerned a compensation scheme to repay the “debt of honour” owed to civilians who were interned in the Far East by Japan during the Second World War |
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| Wilkinson v Kitzinger & Ors (2006) | |
| Karon Monaghan and Helen Mountfield acted in this challenge to non-recognition of a same-sex Canadian marriage. |
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| J v Secretary of State for the Home Department (2006) | |
| Nicholas Blake QC represented 'J', an Iranian homosexual. The Court of Appeal held that a person could not be refused asylum on the basis that he could avoid otherwise persecutory conduct by modifying his behaviour. |
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| R (Elias) v Secretary of State for Defence (2005) | |
| Concerned whether the Far Eastern prisoner of war ex-gratia compensation scheme of the Ministry of Defence was unlawful and indirectly discriminatory, where British citizens not born in the UK, or whose parents or grandparents were not born there, were denied such compensation. |
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| Villalba v Merrill Lynch (2006) | |
| Thomas Linden was lead counsel for Merrill Lynch in an appeal brought by former investment banker Stephanie Villalba. |
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| Lesbian couple married in Canada - UK rights | |
| Karon Monaghan is instructed by Liberty in the case of a British lesbian couple, married lawfully in Vancouver, seeking legal recognition by British government of their same-sex marriage. |
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| Murphy v Slough Borough Council (2005) | |
| The case concerned disability discrimination claims by teachers employed at schools with delegated budgets. Antony White QC and Aileen McColgan appeared for the Appellant. |
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| Alabaster v (1) Barclays Bank (2) Secretary of State for Social Security (2005) | |
| Karon Monaghan appeared in this Court of Appeal concerning comparator provisions of the Equal Pay Act 1970 in maternity related equal pay claim |
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| Igen v Wong (Chamberlin Solicitors & Emezie v Emokpae) (2005) | |
| Mathew Purchase was instructed by the successful appellants in one of the three joined cases which raised the issue of the new burden of proof in discrimination cases, the first to reach the Court of Appeal, which gave guidance on the proper approach. The particular appeal also concerned the comparison required in a sex discrimination claim involving office affairs. |
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| R (Gurung) v MoD and R (Purja) v MoD (2003) | |
| In these two cases, the differential treatment afforded to Gurkha soldiers in the British Army were examined in respect of eligibility for a POW ex gratia payment and same conditions of service and pension rights. The first case has resulted in payment of the disputed payment to Gurkha POWs and the second has led to a fundamental review of conditions of service. Nicholas Blake QC and Aileen McColgan appeared in both cases. Rabinder Singh QC and Kate Cook appeared in R (Purja) v MOD. |
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| Williams v The Home Office (2004) | |
| Race discrimination claim brought by employee against the Respondent's Head of Diversity in the Immigration & Nationality Directorate, which was successful before the Employment Tribunal. Subsequent appeals to the EAT and the Court of Appeal in respect of omissions in the ET's findings that impacted upon the Appellant's remedies' award. Mark Afeeva appeared for the Appellant. |
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| R (A) v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire (2004) | |
| The House of Lords confirmed that the reach of community law in outlawing discrimination against transsexuals in the field of employment law was wider than the reach of human rights law that only prohibited such treatment after the date of the Strasbourg decision in Goodwin. Nicholas Blake QC, Rabinder Singh QC, Sir David Bean QC and Mathew Purchase appeared in this case. |
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| Jones v 3M Healthcare (2003) | |
| The House of Lords considered whether discriminatory acts done by an employer after termination of an employee's contract was outside the scope of the anti-discrimination legislation. Thomas Kibling and Karon Monaghan appeared. |
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| Department of Work and Pensions v Thompson (2003) | |
| Karon Monaghan appeared for Thompson in this appeal by the Department against an earlier decision that it had discriminated against Thompson by requiring him to wear a collar and tie to work. |
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| Anyanwu v South Bank Student Union (2001) | |
| Thomas Kibling appeared for the applicant, David Bean QC and Tom Linden for the respondent, and Karon Monaghan for the intervenors in this case concerning the aiding of acts of discrimination. |
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| Mangera v Ministry of Defence (2003) | |
| Tom Linden appeared in this case on the application of Article 6 of the ECHR to discrimination claims brought by members of the armed forces. |
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| C-147/02 Alabaster v Woolwich Plc (2004) | |
| Karon Monaghan appeared in this case before the European court of Justice in which the English Court of Appeal sought a preliminary ruling on whether an employer's failure to take into account a pay rise was discriminatory under EC Treaty Article 119. |
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| R (on the application of Amicus MSF section & Ors) v Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (2004) | |
| Rabinder Singh QC, Karon Monaghan and Aidan O'Neill QC appeared for the trade union in this application for the annulment of provisions of the Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2003 on the grounds that they were incompatible with EC Directive 2000/78 and the Human Rights Act 1998. |
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