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Discrimination Law: Is obesity a disability?
Richie Alder and Anna Scott examine the advocate general’s controversial Opinion in Kaltoft ‘If impairments exist, even if they are caused by obesity, it is their effect which will determine whether or not they amount to a disability.’ Obesity and whether or not it amounts to a disability has been grabbing the headlines recently following …
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- Aderemi v London & South Eastern Railway Ltd [2012] UKEAT 0316/12/0612
- FOA acting on behalf of Karsten Kaltoft v Billund Kommune [2014] C-354/13
- HK Danmark, acting on behalf of Ring v Dansk Almennyttigt Bolingselskab and anor [2013] C-335/11
- Power v Panasonic [2002] UKEAT 747/01/1709
- The Environment Agency v Donnelly [2013] UKEAT 0194/13/1810
- Walker v Sita Information Networking Computing Ltd [2013] UKEAT 0097/12/0802