Hearings
European Union
26 Oct 1999 (Case C-273/97); EU:C:1999:523; [2000] ICR 130, ECJ
Sirdar v Army Board
Subject Matter
DISCRIMINATION — Sex — Employment — Armed forces — Refusal to employ woman as chef in Royal Marines — Whether contrary to Community principle of equal treatment — Whether exclusion of women from service in Royal Marines justifiable — Sex Discrimination Act 1975, s 85(4) (as substituted by Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (Application to Armed Forces etc) Regulations 1994, reg 2(a)) — Council Directive (76/207/EEC), art 2(2)