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Representation:
Mr S Hurley, Solicitor of Messrs Hammond Suddards, Solicitors, Trinity Court, 16 John Dalton Street, Manchester M60 8HS for the Appellants, Motorola
Mr B Murphy, Solicitor, of Messrs A C White, Solicitors, 23 Wellington Square, Ayr KA7 1HG for the 1st Respondent, Davidson
Miss J Cradden, Solicitor, of Messrs Brodies, Solicitors, 15 Atholl Crescent, Edinburgh EH3 8HA For the 2nd Respondent, Melville Craig Group Ltd.
An example of a case in which:-
- a worker supplied and paid by an employment agency was treated in law as an employee of the client organisation for the purposes of making an unfair dismissal claim;
- the EAT was prepared to consider one limited aspect of a question of law regardless of whether or not this meant that justice was or was not done.
For relevant general notes see Employee/employee or self-employed? .
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prepared Oct2000.