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Grainger plc and others v Nicholson

Employment Appeal Tribunal: Burton J, November 2009 Discrimination – philosophical belief – climate change

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 April 2010

Ruth Arlow
Affiliation:
Barrister, Deputy Chancellor of the Dioceses of Chichester and Norwich
Will Adam
Affiliation:
Rector of Girton, Ely Diocesan Ecumenical Officer
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Abstract

Type
Case Notes
Copyright
Copyright © Ecclesiastical Law Society 2010

The judge, sitting alone, upheld the decision of the Employment Tribunal that a philosophical belief (in this case in the real danger of climate change) not based on religious belief was capable of protection under the Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations 2003, SI 2003/1660. He held that in establishing a claim based on such a belief the believer should provide evidence as to the genuineness of his or her beliefs and be subject to cross-examination. [WA]