She suggested that there could be «a general defence of justification in discrimination law, so that courts and tribunals could get down to addressing the real issues — legitimate aim, rational connection, proportionality — rather than looking for distinctions which mean that they hold that there was no discrimination at all. (newlawjournal.co.uk)
There should be a general defence of justification in discrimination law, Lady Hale, Justice of the Supreme Court has said. (newlawjournal.co.uk)
The court also rejected the spurious defence of justification, ie the minimal number of people adversely affected by the government policy. (newlawjournal.co.uk)