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Unlike all other protected characteristics where someone needs to show that they have received ‘less favourable treatment’ women who are pregnant or on maternity leave need only to show that they have received “unfavourable treatment”. There is no need for comparison with others.

Sharon Coleman had a disabled son, Oliver, with bronchomalacia and congential laryngomalacia. She worked as a secretary for a small London law firm called Attridge Law (now rebranded EBR Attridge Solicitors LLP). They accused her of using her child as a way to manipulate requests for working time.

The decision on this case set a precedent for how the law approaches situations where groups are arguing that they do work of equal value to another group made up mainly of workers of the opposite sex.

Eweida v United Kingdom ECHR 37 is a decision of the European Court of Human Rights, concerning the duty of the government of the United Kingdom to protect the religious rights of individuals under the European Convention on Human Rights. The