Blackstone's Guide to the Disability Discrimination Legislation

Karon Monaghan is a barrister specialising in discrimination law at Matrix Chambers and writes and lectures widely in this area. She is Chair of the Discrimination Law Association; a member of the Equal Treatment Advisory Committee (ETAC) of the Judicial Studies Board; a member of the Bar Race Relations Committee and a Commissioner on the Fawcett Commission on Women in the Criminal Justice System.

It is always useful to have another perspective on this complex area of legislation, especially when it comes from a highly experienced and successful practitioner like Karon Monaghan...Her commentary on European Community and human rights law is particularly valuable, as one might expect, as are her views on disability discrimination in an employment context...this work should provide assistance for all those practicing in this challenging area of the law...This book is a useful tool in seeking to do so.

• 1. Introduction to the DDA ; 2. The DDA: Its Progress, Strengths, and Weaknesses ; 3. European Community and Human Rights Law ; 4. The Meaning of 'Disability' ; 5. The Meaning of 'Discrimination' ; 6. Employment and Occupation ; 7. Goods, Facilities, Services, and Premises ; 8. Education ; 9. Transport ; 10. Liability, Exemptions, and Territorial Extent ; 11. Enforcement and Remedies ; 12. Disability Rights Commission ; 13. The Draft Disability Discrimination Bill ; APPENDICES ; Appendix 1: Disability Discrimination Act 1995, as amended (c50) ; Appendix 2: Extracts from the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 Codes of Practice