An interesting piece in the Daily Mail.
A male lawyer was wrongfully sacked because his bosses feared they would be sued if they fired his female colleague while she was on maternity leave.
In a rare instance of a man claiming sex discrimination, John de Belin won £123,000 in damages after one of Britain's biggest law firms 'deprived him of his livelihood'.
Mr de Belin, 45, was one of two associates facing redundancy from Eversheds' property division in Leeds. The other was Angela Reinholz.
This shows how much of a minefield the law can be. Sometimes you take the path of least resistance and it ends up blowing up in your face.
Justin Patten, Employment Lawyer