Actress dropped from TV show discriminated against for being pregnant
Paul Epstein QC
After a production company found out actress Antonia Kinlay was pregnant, it dropped her from a BBC show “in order to avoid this complication”. Today, 4 August 2021, an employment tribunal found that this was unjustified pregnancy discrimination.
Paul Epstein QC represented Kinlay, instructed by Joelson solicitors.
So far as the parties are aware, this is the first case that considers genuine occupational requirement in the context of actors and pregnancy.
A link to the tribunal judgment can be found here.
