Employment law cases

Preston and others v Wolverhampton Healthcare NHS Trust and others (No.2) [2001] IRLR 237 HL

Reports relating to this case:

  • Equal pay: case law update

    Date:
    2 March 2007

    This article looks at some of the significant judgments in the area of equal pay over the past year and their implications.

  • Equal pay: Six-month time limit is compatible with Community law

    Date:
    1 March 2001

    In Preston and others v Wolverhampton Healthcare NHS Trust and others (No.2) and Fletcher and others v Midland Bank plc (No.2) the House of Lords holds that the six-month limitation period laid down in s.2(4) of the Equal Pay Act 1970 does not breach the principle of equivalence.