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Blackburn and another v Chief Constable of West Midlands Police

Author / Contributor: Jeremy Johnson QC
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Blackburn and another v Chief Constable of West Midlands Police
   
Issue: Whether a system of making extra payments to those officers who worked nights (which had a disparate impact on men and women) was justified under the Equal Pay Act 1970
   
Court: Court of Appeal
   
Reference:   A2/2007/2915
   
Neutral Citation:   [2008] EWCA Civ 1208
   
Judge(s): Scott Baker, Maurice Kay and Wilson LJJ
   
Date: 6 November 2008