OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF EQUALITY INVESTIGATIONS
Equal Status Act 2000
Equality Officer Decision: DEC-S2002-132
Mr. Finnian Gallagher
V
The Kazbar
(represented by M.W. Keller & Son Solicitors)
Key words:Equal Status Act, 2000 - Direct discrimination, section 3(1) - gender discrimination, Section 3(2)(a) - Supply of goods and services, Section 5(1) - service in a pub - dress code, footwear
The dispute concerns a claim by the above named that he was discriminated against by The Kazbar, on the gender ground, in terms of Sections 3(1)(a), and 3(2) (a) of the Equal Status Act, 2000 and contrary to Section 5(1) of that Act, when he was refused access to a service, which is generally available to the public in the respondent's premises.