R. v. Birmingham City Council, 13 May 1988.
The Birmingham, England, City Council was charged with sex discrimination in violation of Section 23(1) of the Sex Discrimination Act because it made provision each year for 542 boys, but only 360 girls, to enter selective grammar schools.  The Court of Appeal ruled, among other things, that 1) the actions of the Council did constitute sex discrimination, since the girls were treated differently on the basis of their sex and lost a chance at getting something of value even though it had not been shown that they would achieve a better education in selective schools and 2) there can be sex discrimination without any subjective intention to discriminate.  This decision was upheld by the House of Lords on 23 February 1989.  The decision of the House of Lords will be reported in Annual Review of Population Law, Vol. 16, 1989.
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