Index card Webb v Emo Air Cargo (UK) Ltd (No 2)

Webb v Emo Air Cargo (UK) Ltd (No 2)

Hearings

England & Wales

19 Oct 1995 [1995] 1 WLR 1454; [1995] ICR 1021; [1995] 4 All ER 577, HL(E)

Subject Matter

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

[1995] 1 WLR 1454; [1995] ICR 1021; [1995] 4 All ER 577, HL(E)

Appellate History

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)

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