Johnson v Chief Adjudication Officer

Subject Matter

EUROPEAN COMMUNITY — Social security — Equal treatment provisions for men and women — Person giving up work to attend to upbringing of child — Whether provisions applicable — Council Directive (79/7/EEC), arts 2, 3(1)(a)

[1993] QB 252; [1993] 2 WLR 192; [1993] ICR 204

SOCIAL SECURITY — Severe disablement allowance — Entitlement — Entitlement of persons entitled to former invalidity pension — Conditions for former invalidity pension discriminatory — Maintenance of discrimination by legislative provisions — Whether compatible with EEC Directive — Whether Directive directly applicable — Social Security Act 1975, s 165A (as inserted by Social Security Act 1985, s 17) — Social Security (Severe Disablement Allowance) Regulations 1984, reg 20(1) — Council Directive (79/7/EEC), art 4

[1993] QB 252; [1993] 2 WLR 192; [1993] ICR 204