Disability Discrimination: Refusing Maternity Leave to Adoptive Mother

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Murphy -v- Slough Borough Council and another

The Facts

The applicant, a teacher at a community school with a delegated budget who was employed by the local education authority, suffered from a congenital heart disorder which meant that pregnancy would endanger her life. She had a child by a surrogate mother and applied to the school governors for paid post-natal leave.

Her request was refused, because the school budget was in deficit, and she brought a complaint of disability discriminati... (301 more words)

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