Cases - Employment Appeal Tribunal
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Ritchie v (1) Shawcor Inc (2) Omsco Inc - undertaking must be situated in the UK immediately prior to transfer to fall within jurisdiction of TUPE - EAT 6.3.08
07/05/08
The issues in this case concerned a claim of unfair dismissal in connection with a TUPE transfer.
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Carpenter v City of Edinburgh Council - delay, the right to a fair trial, and blots on the landscape! - EAT 4.4.08
01/05/08
Mr Carpenter brought claims of disability discrimination and unfair dismissal.
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Atlas Cleaning Ltd v (1) Liversidge (2) Liversidge (3) Balmain - tribunal must limit itself to considering whether dismissal fell within range of reasonable responses, not substitute its own views of what it would have done - EAT 2.4.08
01/05/08
Mr & Mrs Liversidge and Mrs Balmain were employed by Atlas and worked as cleaners at Zara stores.
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Miles v Linkage Community Trust Ltd - compensation for denial of rest periods under Working Time Regulations is discretionary - EAT 10.3.08
07/05/08
The Working Time Regulations Regs 1998 regs 21 & 24 provide that where a worker's activities involve the need for continuous service and working through a rest break (such as in a hospital) he must be given "compensatory rest".
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McKindless Group v McLaughlin - uplift in compensation is only in respect of failure to comply with statutory procedures, and cannot be used as a general punitive measure - EAT 2.4.08
07/05/08
Bus Company McKindless dismissed a driver Mr McLaughlin.
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Johnson v Edwardian International Hotels Ltd - employment tribunals have no powers to embark on investigation into a litigant's mental capacity - EAT 2.5.08
07/05/08
Mr Johnson claimed unfair dismissal from his job as a kitchen porter.
