Monitoring the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) 1995 - Centre for ...

■ legal analysis of the Act itself and some early case law;
■ case studies involving in-depth interviews of parties
involved in 92 cases and potential cases under the Act; and
■ interviews with legal and other experts involved in the
Act’s implementation.
The second phase of the monitoring study updated only the
first of these four elements (identifying all cases brought
under the Act, and analysing trends and patterns in those
cases up to Sept 2000 for Part II cases, and Feb 2001 for Part III
cases).
The third and current phase of the monitoring study
essentially updates the remaining three elements: it is based
on in-depth case studies, supported by ‘expert interviews’
and a legal analysis of recent case law.
Table 2.1: Overview of DDA monitoring studies, phases 1 to 3
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Phase 1
study (IES)
Phase 2
study
(Incomes
Data
Services)
Phase 3
study (IES)
In-depth case
studies
✓
✓
Collection of data
on all cases,and
statistical analysis
of patterns of cases
✓
(all Part II cases, and all
identifiable Part III cases
issued up to 9 July 1998)
✓
(all Part II cases issued
between 10 July 1998
and 1 Sept 2000; and all
identifiable Part III cases
issued between 10 July
1988 and 1 Feb 2001)
Expertinterviews
✓
✓
Legal
analysis of
cases
✓
✓