Sex discrimination in two countries: jurisdiction issues

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• Steptoe & Johnson LLP

In Tradition Securities & Futures SA v. X & Y (2008), Miss X and Miss Y were employed by a French company and both had been victims of sex discrimination and harassment over a number of years.

Miss X had spent three years working for Tradition in Paris followed by two years working in London. She alleged she suffered sex discrimination in both locations and that this treatment constituted a single act extending over a continuous period.

The question of whether or not the discrimin... (192 more words)

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