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Barracks v Coles and another

Author / Contributor: Jeremy Johnson QC
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Barracks v Coles and another
   
Issue: Whether the Employment Tribunal had been right to strike out the defence to a race discrimination claim because the Commissioner refused to disclose (a) the reason why a black police officer had not been selected for a post and (b) the legal basis relied on for non-disclosure
   
Court: Court of Appeal
   
Reference:   A2/2005/2483
   
Neutral Citation:   [2006] EWCA Civ 1041
   
Judge(s): Sir Anthony Clarke MR, Mummery and Wall LJJ
   
Date: 21 July 2006