Causation test for pregnancy dismissal

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  O'Neill v (1) Governors of St Thomas More RCVA Upper School (2) Bedfordshire County Council [1996] IRLR 372 EAT (1 other report)

  • Sex discrimination: Dismissal was causally related to pregnancy

    Date:

    15 August 1996

    The dismissal of a religious education teacher after it became publicly known that she was pregnant by a Roman Catholic priest was on the ground of her pregnancy, and therefore of her sex, holds the EAT in O'Neill v Governors of St Thomas More RCVA Upper School and another.