R v Secretary of State for Social Security, Ex parte Sutton

Subject Matter

EUROPEAN COMMUNITY — Social security — Equal treatment provisions for men and women — Benefit initially refused to woman claimant — Arrears of benefit ordered after finding of unjustified sex discrimination — Whether claimant entitled to interest on arrears — Liability of state to make reparation for loss caused by breach of Community law — Council Directive (79/7/EEC), art 6

(Case C-66/95); EU:C:1997:207; [1997] ICR 961, ECJ