Levez v TH Jennings (Harlow Pools) Ltd

Subject Matter

DISCRIMINATION — Sex — Equal pay — Delay in bringing equal pay proceedings in employment tribunal due to employer's misrepresentation — Award limited by national legislation to two years' arrears — Full compensation potentially recoverable by proceeding in county court — Whether application of two-year rule precluded by Community law — Equal Pay Act 1970, s 2(5) — EC Treaty, art 119 — Council Directive (75/117/EEC), arts 2, 6

(Case C-326/96); [1999] ICR 521; [1999] All ER (EC) 1; [1998] ECR I-7835; EU:C:1998:577, ECJ

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