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Charles Gray & Douglas Whitbread & Ryan Merrifield

Mum represented herself and won £60k after Morrisons 'tried to demote her' while pregnant

A new mum has won a £60k pay out from Morrisons after it changed her role and forced her to work full-time following maternity leave.

Donna Patterson, 38, said she was “gaslighted” into taking on the extra hours, and later launched legal action after developing work-related stress.

The ex-buyer spent five days cross-examining eight former colleagues - despite having no legal training - using meeting minutes to show how managers had “questioned” her priorities after she fell pregnant.

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