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Latest EAT Judgments- Bivonas LLP & Ors v Bennett (Sexual Orientation Discrimination or Transexualism) [2011] UKEAT 0254_11_3101 (31 January 2012)
- Odukwe v The Partners of Hoare Lea Consulting Engineers (Jurisdictional Points : 2002 Act and pre-action requirements) [2012] UKEAT 0547_10_2701 (27 January 2012)
- Amin v Wincanton Group Ltd (Jurisdictional Points : 2002 Act and pre-action requirements) [2011] UKEAT 0508_10_2501 (25 January 2012)
- Roberts v North West Ambulance Service (Disability Discrimination : Reasonable adjustments) [2011] UKEAT 0085_11_2401 (24 January 2012)
- O' Cathail v Transport For London (Practice and Procedure : Case Management) (Rev 1) [2011] UKEAT 0247_11_1301 (13 January 2012)
- Scottish Ambulance Service v Truslove & Anor (Working Time Regulations) [2012] UKEAT 0028_11_1201 (12 January 2012)
- Collins v Club 24 Ltd (t/a Ventura) (Victimisation Discrimination) [2012] UKEAT 0028_11_1201 (12 January 2012)
- Vetco Gray UK Ltd v Garden (Unfair Dismissal : Reasonableness of dismissal) [2012] UKEAT 0025_11_1101 (11 January 2012)
- Simpson v Strathclyde Police & Anor (Practice and Procedure : Imposition of Deposit) [2012] UKEAT 0030_11_1001 (10 January 2012)
- Mustafa v Guy's And St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust (Practice and Procedure : Striking-out or dismissal) [2011] UKEAT 0516_11_2212 (Rev 1) (22 December 2011)
Monthly Archives: July 2008
Registrars – Religious Discrimination claim
***EDIT – I’ve now been pointed towards the full judgment, available here. So much of what appears below can be disregarded! Please read the the new post here!*** Thanks to Family Lore for noticing that Christian marriage registrar Lillian Ladele … Continue reading
Posted in Discrimination
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No legal advice privilege for non-lawyers
I like to bang on about employment law provision by non-lawyers, and the case of Howes v. Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council [2008] UKEAT brings up a problem that will no doubt be raised again as the range of providers … Continue reading
Compromise agreements – relevant adviser
Compromise agreements, which are a vital tool in dispute resolution, come with some sensible safeguards. To be valid in compromising employment rights they must be in writing, set out the claims which are being compromised, and the employee must have … Continue reading
Posted in Compromise Agreements
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Nothing stands still…
Reading John Hutton’s speech delivered just six weeks ago or so the following appears: Prioritising more jobs over new laws If not major new regulation, then what? Government’s role is to facilitate … conversation – not always to mandate either … Continue reading
Posted in Trade Unions
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Successful National Minimum Wage prosecution
David Jackson and Pauline Smout, butchers from Sheffield, are the first employers to be successfully prosecuted under s31(1) of the National Minimum Wage Act 1998 – which means that they refused or wilfully neglected to remunerate their workers. Previous prosecutions … Continue reading
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TUPE Service Provision Changes – ‘split’ transfers
TUPE 2006 still hasn’t produced much caselaw on service provision changes, but one thorny point has been helped by the case of Kimberley Group Housing Ltd v. Hambley & Ors (UK) Ltd [2008] which deals with ‘split’ service provision. By … Continue reading
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New hosting, new look
In my quest for continual self-improvement I’ve now moved this site onto its own server. What does this mean? Well, hopefully it’ll let me make this site what I want it to be – and you’ll see some exciting new … Continue reading