Hotel discriminated unlawfully against couple in civil partnership
Bull & Anor v Hall & Anor [2013] UKSC 73
The majority held that a policy restricting double bedrooms in a hotel to heterosexual married couples was directly discriminatory under the Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2000, and in any event was non-justifiable indirect discrimination.
A ministry of justice could be “judicial authority” for the purposes of Extradition Act 2003, Pt 1
Bucnys v Ministry of Justice, & other cases [2013] UKSC 71
Extraditees submitted, inta alia, that a Ministry of Justice could not be a “judicial authority” within the meaning of the Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA and/or the Extradition Act 2003, Pt 1. Held: an EAW issued by a ministry could be regarded as issued by a judicial authority issued at the warrant at the request of and by way of endorsement of a decision made by a court etc responsible for the sentence.