AMS v Scot Group Ltd: 6013012/2024

Equality Act 2010 (EA”) 102. EA s13 provides as follows: 13 Direct discrimination (1) A person (A) discriminates against another (B) if, because of a protected characteristic, A treats B less favourably than A treats or would treat others. (2) If the protected characteristic is age, A does not discriminate against B if A can show A's treatment of B to be a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim.