The Supreme Court 31 October 2012, [2012] UKSC 49 (Jessy Saint Prix v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions)

LADY HALE: ( with whom Lord Neuberger, Lord Mance, Lord Kerr and Lord Reed agree ) The issue in this case is whether a woman who has temporarily left work because of the late stages of pregnancy and early aftermath of childbirth is to be treated as a ‘worker’ for the purpose of the right of free movement enshrined in article 45 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) and