Judgment of the Court of 26 February 1986.

M. H. Marshall v Southampton and South-West Hampshire Area Health Authority (Teaching).

Reference for a preliminary ruling: Court of Appeal (England) - United Kingdom.

Equality of treatment for men and women - Conditions governing dismissal.

Case 152/84.


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Top of the page Legal analysis of the decision or of the case

Reports of Cases

1986 00723

Swedish VIII/00457 Finnish VIII/00477

Subject-matter

Information not available

Systematic classification scheme

1.
B European Community (EEC/EC)
  B-15 Social policy
    B-15.01 Equality for men and women
B European Community (EEC/EC)
  B-15 Social policy
    B-15.01 Equality for men and women
B European Community (EEC/EC)
  B-15 Social policy
    B-15.01 Equality for men and women
B European Community (EEC/EC)
  B-20 Acts of the institutions
    B-20.02 Directives
      B-20.02.01 Direct effect
B European Community (EEC/EC)
  B-20 Acts of the institutions
    B-20.02 Directives
      B-20.02.01 Direct effect
B European Community (EEC/EC)
  B-15 Social policy
    B-15.01 Equality for men and women


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

Information not available

Date of the Opinion

  • 18/09/1985

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

26/02/1986


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 187 from 14.07.1984, p.7

Judgment: OJ C 79 from 08.04.1986, p.10

Name of the parties

Marshall v Southampton and South-West Hampshire Area Health Authority

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. X: Discriminatory Retirement Ages, European Industrial Relations Review 1986 nº 148 p.18-21 (EN)
  2. Jacobs, A.T.J.M.: Gelijke behandeling mannen en vrouwen ook bij pensionering, Sociaal recht 1986 p.51-53 (NL)
  3. Atkins, Susan: Equal Treatment and Retirement Age, The Modern Law Review 1986 p.508-513 (EN)
  4. X: Discriminatory retirement unlawful under european law, Industrial Relations Legal Information Bulletin 1986 nº 302 p.2-4 (EN)
  5. Bates, Jane D.N.: Sex Discrimination and Retirement: Two Recent Decisions of the European Court of Justice, Public Law 1986 p.537-546 (EN)
  6. Grief, Nicolas: Retirement Ages, Sex Discrimination and EEC Law, The Industrial Law Journal 1986 p.187-190 (EN)
  7. Nicolaysen, Gert: Keine horizontale Wirkung von Richtlinien-Bestimmungen, Europarecht 1986 p.370-371 (DE)
  8. Campbell, A.I.L.: EEC Law. Retirement Ages and the Effect of Directives, The Journal of the Law Society of Scotland 1986 p.280-282 (EN)
  9. X: Sex Discrimination Bill, Industrial Relations Legal Information Bulletin 1986 p.15 (EN)
  10. Foster, Nigel: Equal Treatment and Retirement Ages, European Law Review 1986 p.228-229 (EN)
  11. Campbell, A.I.L.: Equal Pay and Equal Treatment, The Journal of the Law Society of Scotland 1986 p.24 (EN)
  12. Millett, Timothy: European Community Law: Sex Equality and Retirement Age, International and Comparative Law Quarterly 1986 p.616-633 (EN)
  13. Capelli, Fausto: La direttiva comunitaria : da atto (quasi) normativo a strumento di pressione politica, Diritto comunitario e degli scambi internazionali 1987 p.98-104 (IT)
  14. Arnull, Anthony: The Incoming Tide: Responding to Marshall, Public Law 1987 p.383-389 (EN)
  15. Greenwood, Christopher: Directives. Time to retire, The Cambridge Law Journal 1987 p.9-12 (EN)
  16. Vilà Costa, Blanca: Jurisprudencia del Tribunal de Justicia de las Comunidades Europeas, Revista Jurídica de Catalunya 1987 p.788-790 (PM) (ES)
  17. Richter, Stefan: Die unmittelbare Wirkung von EG-Richtlinien zu Lasten einzelner, Europarecht 1988 p.394-404 (DE)
  18. De Vos, Dominique: L'âge de la retraite : une condition de travail très particulière, Journal des tribunaux du travail 1989 p.1-6 + p.17-23 + p.33-40 (FR)
  19. Prechal, Sacha: Remedies after Marshall, Common Market Law Review 1990, Volume 27, Issue 3, p. 451-473 (EN)
  20. Morris, P.E.: CEE Directives and the State, European Business Law Review 1991 p.34-36 + p.45 (EN)
  21. Prechal, Sacha: Rechtspraak vrouwen en recht in 231 uitspraken en annotaties 1992 p.451-456 (NL)
  22. Scarborough, Robert: Directives and the Doctrine of Direct Effect: A Critique of Marshall v. Southampton Area Health Authority, The University of Chicago Legal Forum 1992 p.315-333 (EN)
  23. Bertrand, Véronique: A propos de l'arrêt Marshall II: L'effet direct des directives et la sanction de la violation de la règle d'égalité entre hommes et femmes, Journal des tribunaux / droit européen 1993 p.57-58 (FR)
  24. Coppel, Jason: Rights, Duties and the End of Marshall, The Modern Law Review 1994 p.859-879 (EN)
  25. Oppenheimer, Andrew: The Relationship between European Community Law and National Law: The Cases 1994 p.165-166 (EN)
  26. Turner, Sharon: Horizontal Direct Enforcement of Directives Rejected, Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly 1995 p.244-255 (EN)
  27. X: Direction générale de l'emploi, des relations industrielles et des affaires sociales de la Commission européenne - Recueil sur l'égalité de traitement entre les hommes et les femmes dans la Communauté européenne 1997 p.62 (FR)
  28. Spink, Paul: Direct Effect: The Boundaries of the State, The Law Quarterly Review 1997 p.524-529 (EN)
  29. Čorba, Juraj: Rozsudok "Marshall", Vyber z rozhodnutí Súdneho dvora Európskych spolocenstiev 2005 p.44 (SK)
  30. Szwarc-Kuczer, Monika: Zasada bezpośredniej skuteczności prawa wspólnotowego - wprowadzenie i wyrok ETS z 26.02.1986 r. w sprawie 152/84 M. H. Marshall przeciwko Southampton and South-West Hampshire Area Health Authority (Teaching), Europejski Przegląd Sądowy 2007 Vol. 5 p.48-49 (PL)
  31. Prinssen, J.M.: Vrouwen en de bres voor de naleving van Europees recht, Het recht van de Europese Unie in 50 klassieke arresten (Ed. Boom Juridische Uitgevers - Den Haag) 2010 p.172-176 (NL)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Court of Appeal (England & Wales) - United Kingdom

Subject-matter

  • Social policy

Provisions of national law referred to

Sex Discrimination Act 1975, section 6

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

  • Reference for a preliminary ruling

Formation of the Court

Cour plénière (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Bahlmann

Advocate General

Sir Gordon Slynn

Language(s) of the Case

  • English

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • English