‘whether it would be just and equitable to extend time for bringing a complaint of unlawful discrimination where the applicant was unaware of her right to make her complaint timeously, because she and her lawyers were reasonably unaware of the extent of her applicable rights under the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 [The Act] until after a decision of the European Court which clarified the ambit of the Equal Treatment Directive.’
Morison P J
[1998] ICR 518, [1998] UKEAT 528 – 97 – 1102, [1998] IRLR 494
Bailii
England and Wales
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