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Latest EAT Judgments- Simpson v Endsleigh Insurance Services Ltd & Ors [2010] UKEAT 0544_09_2708 (27 August 2010)
- JP Morgan Europe Ltd v. Chweidan [2010] UKEAT 0286_09_2608 (26 August 2010)
- Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce v. A Beck [2010] UKEAT 0141_10_2408 (24 August 2010)
- West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust v. Evans [2010] UKEAT 0398_09_1908 (19 August 2010)
- Community Dental Centres Ltd v. Sultan- Darmon [2010] UKEAT 0532_09_1208 (12 August 2010)
- St Andrews Catholic Primary School & Ors v Blundell [2010] UKEAT 0330_09_0608 (6 August 2010)
- Brownbill & Ors v St Helens & Knowsley Hospital NHS Trust [2010] UKEAT 0074_10_0608 (6 August 2010)
- Wilson Devonald Ltd v Suckling [2010] UKEAT 0131_10_0308 (3 August 2010)
- Carclo Technical Plastics Ltd v. Jeyanthikumar [2010] UKEAT 0129_10_0308 (3 August 2010)
- Parfums Givenchy Ltd v Finch [2010] UKEAT 0517_09_3007 (30 July 2010)
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