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Claimant does not carry an initial burden of proof in claims under the Equality Act 2010 (Efobi v Royal Mail Group)

Published on: 16 August 2017

Table of contents

  • Original news
  • What is the impact of this case?
  • What are the relevant background law?
  • What were the facts?
  • What issues were raised on appeal?
  • What did the EAT decide?
  • Case details

Article summary

Employment analysis: Section 136 of the Equality Act 2010 (EqA 2010) (the burden of proof provision) requires an employment tribunal to consider all the evidence, not just the claimant’s evidence, when deciding whether or not there are facts from which facts it could decide, in the absence of any other explanation, that the respondent had contravened the Act, according to the EAT.

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