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40 Fordham Int'l L.J. 1535 (2016-2017)
Equality after Brexit: Evaluating British Contributions to EU Antidiscrimination Law

handle is hein.journals/frdint40 and id is 1557 raw text is: ESSAY EQUALITY AFTER BREXIT: EVALUATING BRITISH CONTRIBUTIONS TO EU ANTIDISCRIMINATION LAW Julie C. Suk I. IN TRO DU CTION ........................................................................ 1535 II. INDIRECT DISCRIMINATION ................................................ 1536 A. Jenkins v. Kingsgate: The Prima Facie Case .................... 1536 B. Enderby v. Frenchay: Employer's Objective Justification ..................................................................... 1539 III. GENDER QUOTAS AND POSITIVE DISCRIMINATION ... 1540 IV . M A TERN ITY ............................................................................ 1544 V . R E LIG IO N .................................................................................. 1547 V I. CON CLU SION .......................................................................... 1552 I. INTRODUCTION Before the Brexit referendum, Eleanor Sharpston, the current British Advocate General to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), said in an interview that [tihe United Kingdom has made a very strong contribution to this court and the evolution of EU law since it joined in terms of injecting a degree of pragmatism . ... Some very good [UK] people have served in the court Lord Gordon Slynn, Sir Konrad Schiemann and Sir Francis Jacobs and they have made a difference . . . . it would be a pity to lose this contribution.1 One area in which UK Advocates General made a distinctive and 1. Owen Bowcott, We don't decide national cases: ECJ veteran swipes away Euro- sceptic barbs, GUARDIAN (Apr. 19, 2016), https://www.theguardian.com/law/2016/apr/19/we- dont-decide-national-cases-ecj -veteran- swipes-away-eurosceptic-barbs. 1535