Deer v University of Oxford [2015]

The claimant had previously settled a claim of sex discrimination against the University. She raised claims after this, alleging victimisation as a result of her having put forward the earlier claim. In particular, she argued the grievance procedure was flawed. The Court of Appeal found that the university was acting on their lawyers' advice and no correction to the grievance investigation would have changed the outcomes. 

What is of interest is Elias LJ's comments on what constitutes a detriment and how a detriment is almost always present when an act of discrimination takes place:

"In fact it seems to me - as it did to Underhill LJ as he said when granting permission to appeal - that