If you are the original writer of this essay and no longer wish to have your work published on LawTeacher.net then please: Our academic writing and marking services can help you! Marshall was dismissed after 14 years on 31 March 1980, approximately four weeks after attaining the age of 62, despite her expressing a willingness to continue in employment until the age of 65 (4 February 1983). employer in order to set aside a national provision, which imposed limits on Case 152/84 M H Marshall v Southampton and South-West Hampshire Area Health Authority (Teaching) (1986) ECR 723 is an EU Law case. 65 years for men and 60 years for women. held a state is any manifestation or organisation under control of a central Such a distinction may easily be avoided if the Member State concerned has correctly implemented the directive in national law. Google Scholar. [43] The respondent and the United Kingdom propose, conversely, that the second question should be answered in the negative. of equality, it must be adequate in that it must enable the loss and damage This statement is said to contradict with the nature of directives as they are not seen to be directly applicable, this means that their provisions must be incorporated into national law. was not necessarily consistent with the requirement of ensuring real equality On the other hand in Griffin v South West Water the national court considered that a privatised water company was an emanation of the state, while the body itself was not as such under the control of the state, certain parts of the services it operated were. Marshall v Southampton Area Health Authority (case 152/84) [1986] ECR 723; [1986] 1 CMLR 688. Marshall v Southampton and South West Hampshire Area Health Authority 1986 Case 15284 is an EU law case concerning the conflict of law between a. [39] [I]t is necessary to consider whether Article 5(1) of Directive No. WHEREVER THE PROVISIONS OF A DIRECTIVE APPEAR , AS FAR AS THEIR SUBJECT-MATTER IS CONCERNED , TO BE UNCONDITIONAL AND SUFFICIENTLY PRECISE , THOSE PROVISIONS MAY BE RELIED UPON BY AN INDIVIDUAL AGAINST THE STATE WHERE THAT STATE FAILS TO IMPLEMENT THE DIRECTIVE IN NATIONAL LAW BY THE END OF THE PERIOD PRESCRIBED OR WHERE IT FAILS TO IMPLEMENT THE DIRECTIVE CORRECTLY . Facts: In Case 152/84 M H Marshall v Southampton, the measure of compensation was considered in a successful claim for sex discrimination. Here are summaries of (and links to) the cases where the impact of COVID is - Case 152/84. 37 IN THAT RESPECT IT MUST BE EMPHASIZED THAT , WHEREAS THE EXCEPTION CONTAINED IN ARTICLE 7 OF DIRECTIVE NO 79/7 CONCERNS THE CONSEQUENCES WHICH PENSIONABLE AGE HAS FOR SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS , THIS CASE IS CONCERNED WITH DISMISSAL WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 5 OF DIRECTIVE NO 76/207 . As well as direct affect being applied vertically and horizontally they are also directly applicable. Case 152/84, Marshall (Marshall v Southampton and South-West Hampshire Area Health Authority) ECLI:EU:C:1986:84 (no horizontal direct effect of directives) 1 .THE TERM ' DISMISSAL ' CONTAINED IN ARTICLE 5 ( 1 ) OF DIRECTIVE NO 76/207 MUST BE GIVEN A WIDE MEANING ; AN AGE LIMIT FOR THE COMPULSORY DISMISSAL OF WORKERS PURSUANT TO AN EMPLOYER ' S GENERAL POLICY CONCERNING RETIREMENT FALLS WITHIN . discrimination on grounds of sex, contrary to the Equal Treatment Directive When she was dismissed at age 62, the sole reason given for her dismissal was that she had passed the normal retirement age applied by the respondents to women. 53 IT IS NECESSARY TO CONSIDER NEXT WHETHER THE PROHIBITION OF DISCRIMINATION LAID DOWN BY THE DIRECTIVE MAY BE REGARDED AS UNCONDITIONAL , IN THE LIGHT OF THE EXCEPTIONS CONTAINED THEREIN AND OF THE FACT THAT ACCORDING TO ARTICLE 5 ( 2 ) THEREOF THE MEMBER STATES ARE TO TAKE THE MEASURES NECESSARY TO ENSURE THE APPLICATION OF THE PRINCIPLE OF EQUALITY OF TREATMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF NATIONAL LAW . Where financial compensation was the measure adopted to restore a situation 34 IN ITS JUDGMENT IN THE BURTON CASE THE COURT HAS ALREADY STATED THAT THE TERM ' DISMISSAL ' CONTAINED IN THAT PROVISION MUST BE GIVEN A WIDE MEANING . Moreover, it is a case concerning the Doctrine of Direct Effect. A similar line of reasoning can be found in Commission v Germany (1995). Marshall v Southampton Area Health Authority (1986) Marshall had been forced to retire from her job. British Gas was part of the state. 475 ). [2003] ECR I-10290, Marshall v Southampton and S W Hampshire Area Health Authority [1986] 1 QB 401, Marleasing SA v La Comercial . v Ministry for Finance of the Italian Republic (Case 43-71) [1971] ECR 1039. It concerned a Miss Marshall who had been employed as a Senior Dietician with the Southampton and South West Hampshire Area Health Authority (Teaching) from the 23rd of May 1974 until her dismissal on the 31st of March 1980, that is to say four weeks after she reached the age of 62. CONSEQUENTLY , THE EXCEPTION TO THE PROHIBITION OF DISCRIMINATION ON GROUNDS OF SEX PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 7 ( 1 ) ( A ) OF DIRECTIVE NO 79/7 APPLIES ONLY TO THE DETERMINATION OF PENSIONABLE AGE FOR THE PURPOSES OF GRANTING OLD-AGE AND RETIREMENT PENSIONS AND THE POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES THEREOF FOR OTHER BENEFITS . Equality of treatment for men and women - Conditions governing dismissal. THE TERM ' DISMISSAL ' CONTAINED IN ARTICLE 5 ( 1 ) OF DIRECTIVE NO 76/207 MUST BE GIVEN A WIDE MEANING ; AN AGE LIMIT FOR THE COMPULSORY DISMISSAL OF WORKERS PURSUANT TO AN EMPLOYER ' S GENERAL POLICY CONCERNING RETIREMENT FALLS WITHIN THE TERM ' DISMISSAL ' CONSTRUED IN THAT MANNER , EVEN IF THE DISMISSAL INVOLVES THE GRANT OF A RETIREMENT PENSION . accordance with the applicable national rules. v. Smales and Sons [1985] (Unreported - but see EOC, 1985). marshall v southampton health authority 1986 summary . the amount of compensation recoverable by way of reparation. This was finally made explicit by the ECJ in its decision in M.H. 24 ), WHICH THE MEMBER STATES WERE TO TRANSPOSE INTO NATIONAL LAW , ACCORDING TO ARTICLE 8 ( 1 ) THEREOF , WITHIN SIX YEARS OF ITS NOTIFICATION . 52 FINALLY , WITH REGARD TO THE QUESTION WHETHER THE PROVISION CONTAINED IN ARTICLE 5 ( 1 ) OF DIRECTIVE NO 76/207 , WHICH IMPLEMENTS THE PRINCIPLE OF EQUALITY OF TREATMENT SET OUT IN ARTICLE 2 ( 1 ) OF THE DIRECTIVE , MAY BE CONSIDERED , AS FAR AS ITS CONTENTS ARE CONCERNED , TO BE UNCONDITIONAL AND SUFFICIENTLY PRECISE TO BE RELIED UPON BY AN INDIVIDUAL AS AGAINST THE STATE , IT MUST BE STATED THAT THE PROVISION , TAKEN BY ITSELF , PROHIBITS ANY DISCRIMINATION ON GROUNDS OF SEX WITH REGARD TO WORKING CONDITIONS , INCLUDING THE CONDITIONS GOVERNING DISMISSAL , IN A GENERAL MANNER AND IN UNEQUIVOCAL TERMS . 32 THE COURT OBSERVES IN THE FIRST PLACE THAT THE QUESTION OF INTERPRETATION WHICH HAS BEEN REFERRED TO IT DOES NOT CONCERN ACCESS TO A STATUTORY OR OCCUPATIONAL RETIREMENT SCHEME , THAT IS TO SAY THE CONDITIONS FOR PAYMENT OF AN OLD-AGE OR RETIREMENT PENSION , BUT THE FIXING OF AN AGE LIMIT WITH REGARD TO THE TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT PURSUANT TO A GENERAL POLICY CONCERNING DISMISSAL . Flower; Graeme Henderson), Human Rights Law Directions (Howard Davis), Introductory Econometrics for Finance (Chris Brooks), Principles of Anatomy and Physiology (Gerard J. Tortora; Bryan H. Derrickson), Public law (Mark Elliot and Robert Thomas), Electric Machinery Fundamentals (Chapman Stephen J.). HOWEVER , THE LEGISLATION DOES NOT IMPOSE ANY OBLIGATION TO RETIRE AT THE AGE AT WHICH THE STATE PENSION BECOMES PAYABLE . Certain provisions of the treaties and legislative acts such as regulations are capable of being directly enforced horizontally. As to how strictly they were to be applied was unclear. restoring real equality of treatment. The provision is therefore sufficiently precise to be relied on by an individual and to be applied by the national courts. She was an employee of an Area Health Authority (or "AHA"), a body established by the UK government under the National Health Service Act 1977, as amended by the Health Services Act 1980. The wide scope of public Authorities was left to the national courts of Member states. Free resources to assist you with your legal studies! . - Equality of treatment for men and women - Conditions governing dismissal. REFERENCE TO THE COURT UNDER ARTICLE 177 OF THE EEC TREATY BY THE COURT OF APPEAL OF ENGLAND AND WALES FOR A PRELIMINARY RULING IN THE PROCEEDINGS PENDING BEFORE THAT COURT BETWEEN, SOUTHAMPTON AND SOUTH-WEST HAMPSHIRE AREA HEALTH AUTHORITY ( TEACHING ). 7 ( 1)(A )), 3 . IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CASE-LAW OF THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS , THOSE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES MUST BE GIVEN A WIDE INTERPRETATION AND , CONVERSELY , ANY EXCEPTION THERETO , SUCH AS THE RESERVATION PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 1 ( 2 ) OF DIRECTIVE NO 76/207 WITH REGARD TO SOCIAL SECURITY , MUST BE INTERPRETED STRICTLY . 51 THE ARGUMENT SUBMITTED BY THE UNITED KINGDOM THAT THE POSSIBILITY OF RELYING ON PROVISIONS OF THE DIRECTIVE AGAINST THE RESPONDENT QUA ORGAN OF THE STATE WOULD GIVE RISE TO AN ARBITRARY AND UNFAIR DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE RIGHTS OF STATE EMPLOYEES AND THOSE OF PRIVATE EMPLOYEES DOES NOT JUSTIFY ANY OTHER CONCLUSION . Discrimination Act 1975, which limited an award to pounds 6,250. Although according to United Kingdom constitutional law the health authorities created by the National Health Service Act 1977, as amended by the Health Services Act 1980 and other legislation are Crown bodies and their employees are Crown servants, nevertheless the administration of the National Health Service by the health authorities is regarded as being separate from the Government's central administration and its employees are not regarded as civil servants. - Reference for a preliminary ruling: Court of Appeal (England) - United Kingdom. The Court of Appeal was then obliged to reach a decision in the light of the ECJ ruling. This, she contended, was in breach of EC Directive 76/207 (see EU Non Discrimination Law) issued in furtherance of the EC's general policy on non . U.K., Dowson v Chief Constable of Northumbria, [2010] EWHC 2612 (QB) U.K., Marshall v Southampton Area Health Authority, [1986] 1 QB 401 U.K., Webb v EMO Cargo Limited, [1993] 1 WLR 49 NRA 5961 Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer: corresp and papers link to online catalogue. The purpose of the Directive here was to put into effect the principle of equal in its judgment of 26 february 1986, in case 152/84, marshall/southampton and south-west hampshire area health authority, the court of justice points out that, where a person involved in legal proceedings is able to rely on a directive in an action against the state, he may do so regardless of the capacity in which the latter is acting, whether . '. Fact of statement Ms Marshall, Applicant, worked as a dietitian for the National Health Service of UK, Respondent, her employer being the Southampton and South West Hampshire Area Health Authority. List of documents. 49 IN THAT RESPECT IT MUST BE POINTED OUT THAT WHERE A PERSON INVOLVED IN LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS ABLE TO RELY ON A DIRECTIVE AS AGAINST THE STATE HE MAY DO SO REGARDLESS OF THE CAPACITY IN WHICH THE LATTER IS ACTING , WHETHER EMPLOYER OR PUBLIC AUTHORITY . regards working conditions. 2 THE QUESTIONS WERE RAISED IN THE COURSE OF PROCEEDINGS BETWEEN MISS M . Southampton and South-West Hamp.shire Area Health Authority (Teaching) [1986] 2 W.L.R. Miss Marshall claimed compensation under. 10 THE INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNAL DISMISSED THE APPELLANT ' S CLAIM IN SO FAR AS IT WAS BASED ON INFRINGEMENT OF THE SEX DISCRIMINATION ACT , SINCE SECTION 6 ( 4 ) OF THAT ACT PERMITS DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUND OF SEX WHERE IT ARISES OUT OF ' PROVISION IN RELATION TO RETIREMENT ' ; THE INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNAL TOOK THE VIEW THAT THE RESPONDENT ' S GENERAL POLICY CONSTITUTED SUCH PROVISION . HOWEVER , THE CLAIM THAT THE PRINCIPLE OF EQUALITY OF TREATMENT LAID DOWN BY DIRECTIVE NO 76/207 HAD BEEN INFRINGED WAS UPHELD BY THE INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNAL . 33 ARTICLE 5 ( 1 ) OF DIRECTIVE NO 76/207 PROVIDES THAT APPLICATION OF THE PRINCIPLE OF EQUAL TREATMENT WITH REGARD TO WORKING CONDITIONS , INCLUDING THE CONDITIONS GOVERNING DISMISSAL , MEANS THAT MEN AND WOMEN ARE TO BE GUARANTEED THE SAME CONDITIONS WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION ON GROUNDS OF SEX . Hants Area Health Authority, 1986) and to invalid care allowance (Drake v. DHSS, 1986). IT MUST THEREFORE BE EXAMINED WHETHER , IN THIS CASE , THE RESPONDENT MUST BE REGARDED AS HAVING ACTED AS AN INDIVIDUAL . She argued it was because the board View examples of our professional work here. Van Duyn v The Home Office (case 41/74) [1974] ECR 1337. EU laws have direct effect against government institutions, whether acting in public or private capacity, Marshall was an employee of an Area Health Authority (AHA) in the UK, She was dismissed at the age of 62 having passed the normal retirement age of 60 for female employees, In contrast, the the normal retirement age of males was 65, She alleged sex discrimination contrary to the Equal Treatment Directive. Mitsubishi Pajero Short, The sole reason for her dismissal was that she had passed 'the retirement age'; the AHA's policy was to make women compulsorily retire at 60, but men at 65. Wizard Card Game Hogwarts, methods used to achieve that objective. EU Law Assignment by Mark Ryder (1571728) The case of Marshall v Southampton and South West Hampshire Area Health Authority (Teaching) (Marshall (No.1)) [1986] 1 C.M.L.R. THE PRINCIPLE OF EQUAL TREATMENT SHALL MEAN THAT THERE SHALL BE NO DISCRIMINATION WHATSOEVER ON GROUNDS OF SEX EITHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY BY REFERENCE IN PARTICULAR TO MARITAL OR FAMILY STATUS ' . Thus it fell to enquire whether the NHS should be deemed an "independent legal person" or an "arm of the state"; and that was a matter for the national court. Because directives in In the case of Marshall v Southampton and South West Hampshire AHA a reference was made under Article 234 on the issue of whether different retirement ages for men and women in the UK amounted to discrimination under Directive 76/207, the Equal Access Directive; the ECJ confirmed that it was. IN EITHER CASE IT IS NECESSARY TO PREVENT THE STATE FROM TAKING ADVANTAGE OF ITS OWN FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH COMMUNITY LAW . 76/207 are sufficiently clear and unconditional to be relied upon before a national court. make a direct claim against her employer, Ms Foster needed to show that This document is an excerpt from the EUR-Lex website. 35 AS THE COURT EMPHASIZED IN ITS JUDGMENT IN THE BURTON CASE , ARTICLE 7 OF DIRECTIVE NO 79/7 EXPRESSLY PROVIDES THAT THE DIRECTIVE DOES NOT PREJUDICE THE RIGHT OF MEMBER STATES TO EXCLUDE FROM ITS SCOPE THE DETERMINATION OF PENSIONABLE AGE FOR THE PURPOSES OF GRANTING OLD-AGE AND RETIREMENT PENSIONS AND THE POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES THEREOF FOR OTHER BENEFITS FALLING WITHIN THE STATUTORY SOCIAL SECURITY SCHEMES . provisions were fully effective, in accordance with the objective pursued by 8 HOWEVER , THE RESPONDENT WAS PREPARED , IN ITS ABSOLUTE DISCRETION , TO WAIVE ITS GENERAL RETIREMENT POLICY IN RESPECT OF A PARTICULAR INDIVIDUAL IN PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES AND IT DID IN FACT WAIVE THAT POLICY IN RESPECT OF THE APPELLANT BY EMPLOYING HER FOR A FURTHER TWO YEARS AFTER SHE HAD ATTAINED THE AGE OF 60 . The HL referred to the ECJ the questions of whether (1) a victim of sex discrimination was entitled to full compensation including interest and (2) whether the victim of sex discrimination was entitled to challenge the applicability of UK law, which limited compensation and therefore was against the directive. C-152/84 - Marshall v Southampton and South-West Hampshire Area Health Authority. . 1/1. State liability was implemented for the protection of citizens for an individual to recover compensation from a Member State where he or she has incurred loss as a result of the failure of that Member State to fulfil its obligations under EU Law. Over the past three months lawyers, and the courts, have been dealing with the impact of coronavirus. 40 ). WHERE AN EMPLOYEE CONTINUES IN EMPLOYMENT AFTER THAT AGE , PAYMENT OF THE STATE PENSION OR OF THE PENSION UNDER AN OCCUPATIONAL PENSION SCHEME IS DEFERRED . Case 14/83Von Colson and Kamann v. Marshall v Southampton Area Health Authority (1986) Marshall had been forced to retire from her job. ON THE CONTRARY , THE PROVISIONS OF NATIONAL LEGISLATION TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE CASE OF CONTINUED EMPLOYMENT BEYOND THE NORMAL PENSIONABLE AGE . Facts [ edit] Helen Marshall, a senior dietitian, claimed that her dismissal on grounds of being old violated the Equal Treatment Directive 1976. She commenced proceedings in the industrial tribunal and argued 723. From that the Court deduced that a Member State which has not adopted the implementing measures required by the directive within the prescribed period may not plead, as against individuals, its own failure to perform the obligations which the directive entails. List of documents. and in breach of article 6 of Council Directive 76/207/EEC on the 48. This system overrules the national law of each member country if there is a conflict between the national law and the EU law. 76/207 may be relied upon by an individual before national courts and tribunals. Case 80/86 Kolpinghuis Nijmegen [1987] ECR 3969. First, whether the respondent's dismissal on the grounds that she was a woman who had passed the normal retiring age was an act of discrimination prohibited by the Directive. ( COUNCIL DIRECTIVE NO 76/207 , ART . Judgment of the Court of 26 February 1986. 1 BY AN ORDER OF 12 MARCH 1984 , WHICH WAS RECEIVED AT THE COURT ON 19 JUNE 1984 , THE COURT OF APPEAL OF ENGLAND AND WALES REFERRED TO THE COURT FOR A PRELIMINARY RULING UNDER ARTICLE 177 OF THE EEC TREATY TWO QUESTIONS ON THE INTERPRETATION OF COUNCIL DIRECTIVE NO 76/207/EEC OF 9 FEBRUARY 1976 ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PRINCIPLE OF EQUAL TREATMENT FOR MEN AND WOMEN AS REGARDS ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT , VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND PROMOTION , AND WORKING CONDITIONS ( OFFICIAL JOURNAL 1976 , L 39 , P . MOREOVER , IN THIS CASE THERE IS NO LINK BETWEEN THE CONTRACTUAL RETIREMENT AGE AND THE QUALIFYING AGE FOR A SOCIAL SECURITY PENSION . Copyright in the individual extracts as listed in the acknowledgments. Thus conflicting national laws had to be disapplied. Ms. Marshall was employed by the Southampton and South West Hampshire Area Health Authority ("the Authority") as a dietician. European Court reports 1986 Page 00723 Swedish special edition Page 00457 ARTICLE 5 ( 1 ) OF COUNCIL DIRECTIVE NO 76/207 , WHICH PROHIBITS ANY DISCRIMINATION ON GROUNDS OF SEX WITH REGARD TO WORKING CONDITIONS , INCLUDING THE CONDITIONS GOVERNING DISMISSAL , MAY BE RELIED UPON AS AGAINST A STATE AUTHORITY ACTING IN ITS CAPACITY AS EMPLOYER , IN ORDER TO AVOID THE APPLICATION OF ANY NATIONAL PROVISION WHICH DOES NOT CONFORM TO ARTICLE 5 ( 1 ). THE COURT OF APPEAL STATES THAT , ALTHOUGH THAT POLICY WAS NOT EXPRESSLY MENTIONED IN THE APPELLANT ' S CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT , IT NONE THE LESS CONSTITUTED AN IMPLIED TERM THEREOF . 21 BY THE FIRST QUESTION THE COURT OF APPEAL SEEKS TO ASCERTAIN WHETHER OR NOT ARTICLE 5 ( 1 ) OF DIRECTIVE NO 76/207 MUST BE INTERPRETED AS MEANING THAT A GENERAL POLICY CONCERNING DISMISSAL , FOLLOWED BY A STATE AUTHORITY , INVOLVING THE DISMISSAL OF A WOMAN SOLELY BECAUSE SHE HAS ATTAINED OR PASSED THE QUALIFYING AGE FOR A STATE PENSION , WHICH AGE IS DIFFERENT UNDER NATIONAL LEGISLATION FOR MEN AND FOR WOMEN , CONSTITUTES DISCRIMINATION ON GROUNDS OF SEX , CONTRARY TO THAT DIRECTIVE . The effect utile (the useful 39 SINCE THE FIRST QUESTION HAS BEEN ANSWERED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE , IT IS NECESSARY TO CONSIDER WHETHER ARTICLE 5 ( 1 ) OF DIRECTIVE NO 76/207 MAY BE RELIED UPON BY AN INDIVIDUAL BEFORE NATIONAL COURTS AND TRIBUNALS . regarded as an essential component of compensation for the purposes of Collage Illustrations, If a certain provision of EU law is horizontally directly effective, then citizens are able to rely on it in actions against each other. Neither the CJ nor the national courts have subsequently treated the criteria as perspective and they have generally been applied fairly loosely. Governmental Structure: Union Institutions I; Summary of Case 194/94 CIA Security v Signalson [1996] Chapter: 03. In its judgments, the European Court has stressed the fundamental importance of the right to equal treatment under the Treaty of Rome. Van Gend en Loos v Nederlandse Tariefcommissie (case 26/62) [1963] ECR 1. GROUP TUTORING. Helen Marshall, a senior dietitian, claimed that her dismissal on grounds of being old violated the Equal Treatment Directive 1976.She was an employee of an Area Health Authority (or "AHA"), a body established by the UK government under the National Health Service Act 1977, as amended by the Health Services Act 1980.. Marshall was dismissed after 14 years on 31 March 1980 . 76/207 may be relied upon by an individual before national courts and tribunals. The English Court of Appeal held that British Gas was not a public body against which the directive could be enforced. THE PROVISION IS THEREFORE SUFFICIENTLY PRECISE TO BE RELIED ON BY AN INDIVIDUAL AND TO BE APPLIED BY THE NATIONAL COURTS . Marshall v Southampton Area Health Authority (case 152/84) [1986] ECR 723; [1986] 1 CMLR 688. CONSEQUENTLY , AN AGE LIMIT FOR THE COMPULSORY DISMISSAL OF WORKERS PURSUANT TO AN EMPLOYER ' S GENERAL POLICY CONCERNING RETIREMENT FALLS WITHIN THE TERM ' DISMISSAL ' CONSTRUED IN THAT MANNER , EVEN IF THE DISMISSAL INVOLVES THE GRANT OF A RETIREMENT PENSION . - Reference for a preliminary ruling: Court of Appeal (England) - United Kingdom. Critically discuss with reference to decided cases and academic opinion. M. H. Marshall v Southampton and South-West Hampshire Area Health Authority (Teaching). students are currently browsing our notes. TEU, to compensate individuals affected by the violation. the state, and the Directive in question could have vertical direct effect. Section 27 (1) and 28 (1) of the Social Security Act 1975 provided state pensions were to be granted to men at 65 and woman at 60, though notably did not impose any obligation to retire at the age at which the state pension becomes payable. The court identified that there were two types of direct effect, vertical direct effect and horizontal direct effect. disparities in retirement age.2 The case of Marshall v. Southampton and South West Hampshire Area Health Authority3 has attracted, in this country, more publicity than the other two cases, not least . ECR 723. # Case 152/84. It follows that a directive may not of itself impose obligations on an individual and that a provision of a directive may not be relied on as such against such a person. - Case 152/84. This was one of the questions for the court in Defrenne v Sabena 1976 , which involved a claim for equal pay made against an employer under Article 141. [42] The Commission is of the opinion that the provisions of Article 5(1) of Directive No. The fact that directives can only be vertically effective inevitably creates major anomalies and injustices where an applicants case is against another individual or a private body. 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