Latest EAT Judgments- Trafford Borough Council v S Cooksey & Ors (GMB Claimants) & Ors [2012] UKEAT 0255_11_1805 (18 May 2012)
- Market One Europe LLP v Rojas (Unfair Dismissal : Reason for dismissal including substantial other) [2012] UKEAT 0307_11_1405 (14 May 2012)
- Konczak v BAE Systems (Operations) Ltd (Practice and Procedure : Compromise) [2012] UKEAT 0498_11_0305 (3 May 2012)
- Hudson v The Department for Work and Pensions [2012] UKEAT 0397_11_0305 (3 May 2012)
- Sunderland City Council v Brennan & Ors (Practice and Procedure : Contribution) [2011] UKEAT 0288_11_0205 (2 May 2012)
- Brennan & Ors v Sunderland City Council & Ors (Practice and Procedure : Contribution) [2011] UKEAT 0286_11_0205 (2 May 2012)
- Cartwright v Kings College London [2012] UKEAT 0565_11_3004 (30 April 2012)
- Clyde & Co Llp v Winkelhof [2012] UKEAT 0568_11_2604 (26 April 2012)
- Quashie v Stringfellows Restaurants Ltd (Jurisdictional Points : Worker, employee or neither) [2012] UKEAT 0289_11_2604 (26 April 2012 )
- Rahman v Commissioner Of Police Of The Metropolis & Anor (Race Discrimination : Direct) [2012] UKEAT 0076_09_2504 (25 April 2012)
Category Archives: Rambling
“Why the fuck should I work for Pinsent Masons?”
… is a search term typed into Google, by which someone came across my post on PM’s diversity plaudit. Stats like this are fascinating, but frustrating too. Do they work there already? Are they thinking of applying there? Will Pinsent’s … Continue reading
Unfair Competition
The dispute between the Legal Services Commission (providers of what used to be known as Legal Aid) and barristers is fascinating. Read one man’s view of it here. If you’re several thousand employees, you don’t like your new pay deal, … Continue reading
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Employment Judges
Employment tribunal chairmen are now renamed Employment Judges – a change which highlights the change in philosophy and attitude in the Tribunal, which seems to completely contrast with the changes occuring in the ‘normal’ courts system. The tribunal is supposed … Continue reading
Schadenfreude
Celebrities and the media, who fancy each other so much that the flirting can make you sick, leave me wondering what the truth is. Newspapers are full of lies – “a source close to…” and “close personal friends” rarely exist, … Continue reading
Posted in Discrimination, Employment Tribunal, Lawyers, Rambling, Unfair Dismissal
Tagged Employment Tribunal, Unfair Dismissal
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Mobile Madness
Road safety campaigners dream of giving mobile phone use and speeding the same stigma that attaches to drink driving. If someone were to boast that they routinely drank four pints* then drove home they would neither win friends nor influence … Continue reading
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How much public money did all this cost?
The Employment Appeal Tribunal took part in some performance theatre last month – no writhing around in a leotard with a goldfish bowl on their head though, and no walking round in animal suits. Such things are unbecoming to … Continue reading
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Timber!
This article is the stupidest thing I’ve ever read. Not the law – although it’s easy to have doubts when the National Trust are prosecuted for letting one of their six million trees fall down – it’s the terrible journalism. … Continue reading
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Religion & Politics
…shouldn’t be discussed at work. If I’m ever (god forbid) a boss of anyone at all, I’ll immediately dictate that within the workplace, no topics are to ever be discussed if they’re not relevant to making me money. Should an … Continue reading
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