The importance of Directive 76/207 in continuing to provide support for individuals and bringing about change in the domestic provision cannot be underestimated. In Coote v Granada Hospitality Ltd (1998), the ECJ reaffirmed the importance of Art 6 of the Directive in providing all persons with a right to obtain an effective remedy in a competent court against measures which they consider to interfere with equal treatment for men and women. In this particular case the adequacy of the victimisation provisions under the SDA 1975 were successfully challenged.