This case surrounded an appeal by the complainant against a decision of an Equality Officer. The complainant in this case made a claim of discrimination alleging that she had been discriminated against on several grounds whilst applying for a position with the respondent. The ground in which she claims she was discriminated against were marital status, family status, age and nationality. The complainant was a Hungarian and was married with a family and was 48 years old at the time of the alleged discrimination. 

The respondent company is an agency which supplies cabin crew to various airlines throughout Europe. Following a selection process and the successful completion of their training programme an applicant is then subcontracted to an airline,