Judicial review: Income support
Whipple J Judicial review – Income support – Claimants alleging scheme, by which payments made to self-employed persons whose businesses adversely affected by Coronavirus emergency, unlawfully discriminating against self-employed women who had taken maternity leave or leave relating to pregnancy in three preceding tax years In April 2020, HM Treasury (the defendant) introduced the self-employment income support scheme (the Scheme), by way of a direction under ss 71 and 76 of the Coronavirus Act 2020 (CA 2020). Under the Scheme, payments were made to persons who carried on a business th...
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