Index card Webb v Emo Air Cargo (UK) Ltd

Hearings

England & Wales

14 Feb 1990 [1990] ICR 442; The Times, 21 February 1990, EAT

20 Dec 1991 [1992] ICR 445; [1992] 2 All ER 43, CA

26 Nov 1992 [1993] 1 WLR 49; [1993] ICR 175; [1992] 4 All ER 929, HL(E)

European Union

14 Jul 1994 (Case C-32/93); EU:C:1994:300; [1994] QB 718; [1994] 3 WLR 941; [1994] ICR 770; [1994] 4 All ER 115, ECJ

Subject Matter

DISCRIMINATION, SEX — Employment — Dismissal — Act of discrimination — Pregnant woman dismissed by employers — Whether discrimination on ground of sex — Sex Discrimination Act 1975, s 1(1)(a)

[1990] ICR 442

DISCRIMINATION — Sex — Employment — Pregnancy — Applicant engaged for unlimited term but initially to replace pregnant employee during maternity leave — Dismissal shortly after appointment as consequence of pregnancy — Whether dismissal precluded by reason of discrimination on ground of sex — Sex Discrimination Act 1975, ss 1(1)(a)(b), 5(3) — Council Directive (76/207/EEC), arts 2(1), 5(1) — Council Directive (92/85/EEC), art 10

(Case C-32/93); [1994] QB 718; [1993] 1 WLR 49; [1994] 3 WLR 941; [1990] ICR 442; [1992] ICR 445; [1993] ICR 175; [1994] ICR 770

EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE — Reference to — Court's previous decisions — Dismissal of pregnant applicant unable to carry out contract — Whether discrimination on ground of sex — Whether fundamental reason for dismissal unavailability for job or pregnancy — Council Directive (76/207/EEC), art 2(1)

[1993] 1 WLR 49; [1993] ICR 175

Appellate History

Webb v Emo Air Cargo (UK) Ltd [1990] ICR 442; The Times, 21 February 1990, EAT

Decision of the Employment Appeal Tribunal affirmed

Webb v Emo Air Cargo (UK) Ltd [1992] ICR 445; [1992] 2 All ER 43, CA

Decision of the Court of Appeal reversed

Webb v Emo Air Cargo (UK) Ltd (No 2) [1995] 1 WLR 1454; [1995] ICR 1021; [1995] 4 All ER 577, HL(E)