16Taking the view that she was the victim of unlawful discrimination, Ms Kiiski brought an action against her employer before the Tampeeren käräjäoikeus (Tampere District Court), in order to obtain compensation for the material and non-material damage which she claimed to have suffered. To support her action, she relied, in particular, on the Courts judgment in Busch (Case C-320/01 [2003] ECR I-2041). She argued that she had been the victim of unlawful direct and indirect discrimination on grounds of sex because of her new pregnancy, when her employer, not recognising her new pregnancy as a sufficient ground, refused any alteration of her child-care leave and, by so doing, prevented her from returning to work, and even from obtaining maternity leave.
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