Barnes & Ors v Kodak Ltd [1996] UKEAT 105_96_2511 (25 November 1996)

Barnes & Ors v Kodak Ltd [1996] UKEAT 105_96_2511 (25 November 1996)

Claims for equal pay under Article 119 EEC Treaty in respect of occupational pensions are barred for periods of service before 17 May 1990 unless legal proceedings were initiated before that date; the applicants did not initiate proceedings before the cutoff, so their claims are barred.

Citation
[1996] UKEAT 105_96_2511
Parties
Appellants: Mr L A Barnes and others; Respondents: Kodak Ltd
Jurisdiction
United Kingdom
Judgment Date
25 November 1996
Procedural Posture
Appeal / Judgment on Appeal From Industrial Tribunal on Preliminary Issue
Outcome
Appeal dismissed
Legal Topics
Equal Pay, Occupational Pensions, Sex Discrimination, Temporal Limitation of Claims

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Parties

Mr L A Barnes and others

Appellants

Kodak Ltd

Respondents

Procedural Posture

Appeal / Judgment on Appeal From Industrial Tribunal on Preliminary Issue

  1. 1 Whether claims for unequal pay under Article 119 EEC Treaty are barred by the temporal limitation imposed by the ECJ in Barber v Guardian Royal Exchange Group

Ratio Decidendi

Claims for equal pay under Article 119 EEC Treaty in respect of occupational pensions are barred for periods of service before 17 May 1990 unless legal proceedings were initiated before that date; the applicants did not initiate proceedings before the cutoff, so their claims are barred.

Court Disposition

Appeal dismissed