Territorial jurisdiction: Saggar -v- Ministry of Defence

• Author:
• Daniel Barnett

The Court of Appeal has, today, overturned the EAT's decision in Saggar -v- Ministry of Defence.

Lt. Col. Saggar was an army officer. He served between 1982 and 1998 (16 years) in the UK. He was then posted to Cyprus for just over three years. During the first year of that posting, he was (allegedly) subjected to acts of race discrimination.

The employment tribunal (and, subsequently, the EAT) held that Lt. Col. Saggar's employment was, at the relevant time, "wholly or mainly outside Great ... (219 more words)

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