Petty Officer Emma Upton-Webb sues the UK Ministry of Defence, alleging she is barred from taking a fitness test required for promotion because she has recently given birth. According to court-related reporting, Upton-Webb says she is nine months postpartum when she is not allowed to enroll onto an officer training course that depends on completing the relevant fitness assessment. She characterizes the restriction as preventing her from accessing a pathway to promotion during that period. The dispute centers on whether service fitness requirements are applied in a way that excludes new mothers from standard promotion processes. The reporting describes Upton-Webb as pursuing legal action against the MoD, seeking to challenge the decision that stopped her from taking the test and joining the course. The accounts do not provide details on the MoD’s response or the specific legal claims beyond the alleged effect on her promotion eligibility. The case therefore remains focused on the timing and applicability of the fitness-testing requirement to service personnel who are postpartum.