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[2021] WLR(D) 590

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Regina (The Motherhood Plan and another ) v HM Treasury

[2021] EWCA Civ 1703

2021 July 13;
Nov 24

Underhill, Baker, Nicola Davies LJJ

Social security— Welfare benefits— Coronavirus support scheme— Government introducing support scheme for self-employed individuals with businesses affected by Covid-19 pandemic— Whether method of calculating payments unlawfully discriminating against women who took maternity leave during past three years— Whether discrimination justified— Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, art 14, Pt II, art 1

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