Cases - Other
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Beroepsinstituut van Vastgoedmakelaars v Van Leuken - professional qualifications must be recognised across EU member states - ECJ Case C197/06 - 17.4.08
17/04/08
Mr Van Leuken was an estate agent established in Holland.
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R (Catherine Smith) and the Assistant Deputy Coroner for Oxfordshire v Secretary of State for Defence [2008] EWHC 694 (Admin), 11.4.08
15/04/08
This is the much publicised case in which the High Court ruled that sending troops into combat with defective equipment might constitute a breach of ECHR Art 2 (right to life).
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Chukwudebelu v Chubb Security Personnel Ltd - "unless order" automatically takes effect on default; no further order is necessary - Court of Appeal 4.3.08
15/04/08
Having lost claims in the employment tribunal, Mr Chukwudebelu appealed to the EAT.
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Dynamex Friction Ltd & Another v Amicus & others - in a TUPE situation it is the thought process of the actual dismisser which reveals whether reason for dismissal was economic or the transfer - Court of Appeal 17.4.08
17/04/08
This is a factually complex case with an equally long and complex judgment from the Court of Appeal! The facts, put very simply, are that an employment tribunal found Dynamex had unfairly dismissed 87 striking employees.
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Kutzel v Roche Products Ltd - the burden of proof in unfair dismissal cases - Court of Appeal 17.4.08
17/04/08
Roche dismissed Dr Kutzel in March 2005. At the employment tribunal Roche argued that her dismissal was fair, as being for "some other substantial reason" (her breach of trust).
