Unit 4: Equality - discrimination on the ground of age, sexual orientation, religious belief, handicap, race

CJEU decisions:

• Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 22 November 2005, Werner Mangold v Rüdiger Helm, Case C-144/04.

• Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 17 July 2008, S. Coleman v Attridge Law and Steve Law, Case C-303/06.

• Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 5 March 2009, The Queen, on the application of The Incorporated Trustees of the National Council for Ageing (Age Concern England) v Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, Case C-388/07.

Questions:

What are the implications of the recognition of the principle of non-discrimination in respect of age as a general principle of Community law?

Describe situations in which differences in treatment on grounds of age do not constitute a legal discrimination.

What is associative discrimination?