Equal Status Case Turned Down on Techniciality David Green has been in the News quite a bit as the person who's test case was taken under the Equal Status Bill. David is 21 and works in IBM. He paid £4,017 for his first insurance and after a years safe driving renewed the policy for £4,070. He has since got a full licence but still pays £3,500. David has an accident free driving record in his Honda Civic. Unfortunately we have to report that David Green's case before the Office of the Director of Equality Investigations (ODEI) has been turned down on a technicality. David took out the insurance policy before the Equal Status Bill came into effect and even though we argued the discrimination has been ongoing, the ODEI didn't think his case would stand up in the event of a court appeal as the original contract date is what counts according to them. MIJAG is now looking for a similar case to take where the Insurance Policy was only taken out recently. A positive result for us in the Equal Status case would have been a major boost but thankfully we were not counting on this for a successful outcome to our Campaign. The next big event will be the publishing of the eagerly awaited MIAB Report. Back to News