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In addition to restating that there is no requirement for a comparator in order to evidence ‘unfavourable treatment’ in cases of discrimination relating to pregnancy and maternity (as in Dekker v VJV, 1993) this case also made crystal clear that pregnancy is not an illness, and that a pregnant woman is not the same as a sick man.

This case was a useful illustration of how the particular wording of job advertisements may serve to place individuals of a certain age at a disadvantage and result in employers falling foul of equality laws.

The Chief Executive claimed their rational for not hiring a black recruit was because of the attitudes of residents in care homes. They instructed Mrs Hobbs to act unlawfully, and to lie.