In this case Oxford County Court found that a Berkshire-based adoption agency had discriminated against a couple who were denied the ability to adopt because of their race.
Mr and Mrs Mander are British citizens whose parents were all born in India and came here as children or young adults. They identify as part of the wider Sikh community, but are not religious and consider themselves culturally British, while acknowledging their Indian heritage. The Manders underwent IVF a number of times before accepting, in 2015, that they were unlikely to be able to have a child biologically their own, and started to consider adoption.
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