Pratt v General Distributors Limited [2025] NZHRRT 5 [pdf, 337 KB]
...Woolworths).2 [3] Both parties agree that Mr Pratt was not intoxicated when attempting to buy beer on 6 October 2019 and 3 January 2020. [4] Mr Pratt claims that each refusal to sell him beer was unlawful discrimination on the basis of his disability. [5] Direct discrimination is where the prohibited ground of discrimination is the very basis for the different treatment.3 Indirect discrimination arises when neutral provisions, which apply to everyone, have the effect of trea...