The Law Reports (Appeal Cases)
[2001] 2 AC 455
House of Lords
Preston and others v Wolverhampton Healthcare NHS Trust and others (No 2)
Fletcher and others v Midland Bank plc (No 2)
[2001] UKHL 5
2000 July 24;
2001 Feb 8
2001 Feb 8
Lord Slynn of Hadley, Lord Goff of Chieveley, Lord Nolan, Lord Hope of Craighead and Lord Clyde
Discrimination
— Sex
— Equal pay
— Pension scheme
— Part-time employees' retrospective claims time-barred and restricted by national legislation
— Whether legislation compatible with Community law
— Successive contracts of employment with same employer within stable employment relationship
— Whether six-month limitation period running from end of last contract
—
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)
[1]
—
Occupational Pension Schemes (Equal Access to Membership) Regulations 1976 (SI 1976/142), reg 12(1)(b)
[2]
—
EC Treaty
, art 119
[3]