The Industrial Cases Reports
[2000] ICR 961
[COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES]
PRESTON
and Others
v.
WOLVERHAMPTON HEALTHCARE N.H.S. TRUST
and Others
FLETCHER
and Others
v.
MIDLAND BANK PLC.
(Case C-78/98)
1999 April 20;
Sept. 14;
2000 May 16
Sept. 14;
2000 May 16
President G. C. Rodríguez Iglesias Presidents of Chambers J. C. Moitinho de Almeida, D. A. O. Edward and R. Schintgen Judges P. J. G. Kapteyn, J.-P. Puissochet, G. Hirsch, P. Jann and H. Ragnemalm Advocate General P. Léger
Discrimination
— Sex
— Equal pay
— Pension scheme
— Part-time employees' retrospective claims time-barred and restricted by national legislation
— Whether legislation compatible with Community law
— Principles of effectiveness and equivalence
—
Equal Pay Act 1970 (c. 41), s. 2(4)(5) (as amended by Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (c. 65), s. 8(6), Sch. 1, Pt. I, para. 2 and modified by Occupational Pension Schemes (Equal Access to Membership) Regulations 1976 (S.I. 1976 No. 142), reg. 12(1))
—
E.C. Treaty, art. 119