Bishop v The Cooper Group plc [1994] IT/60910/92
Reports relating to this case:
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Successful boys would "fit in"
- Date:
- 1 September 1994
In Bishop v The Cooper Group plc a London South industrial tribunal (Chair: E R Donnelly), hearing "alarm bells" when told that the successful male candidates for apprenticeships in a wholly male environment would "fit in", rules that a teenage girl was turned down because of her sex.
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Girl trainee mechanic awarded over £24,000
- Date:
- 1 September 1994
A teenage girl who was turned down for an apprenticeship as a garage mechanic is awarded compensation of £24,389, including £3,500 for injury to feelings, by a London South industrial tribunal (Chair: E R Donnelly) in Bishop v The Cooper Group plc.