Recent Headlines

• Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill 2012

  23/05/12 - Statutory Material

• Beecroft report on employment law

  21/05/12 - Other Official Documents

• The Procter & Gamble Company v Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget SCA & Anor - TUPE and early retirement benefits

  14/05/12 - Cases - Other

• AQ Ltd v Holden - failure to seek earlier PHR or strike out properly tells against success in costs application

  16/04/12 - Cases - Employment Appeal Tribunal

• Fairbank v Care Management Group, Evans v Svenska Handelsbanken AB - curtailing an ET1

  20/03/12 - Cases - Employment Appeal Tribunal

• Cartwright v Kings College London - when does time that could be taken to remedy procedural deficiencies start?

  30/04/12 - Cases - Employment Appeal Tribunal

• Equality Act 2010: consultation on employer liability for harassment of employees by third parties

  15/05/12 - Consultation Papers

• Equality Act 2010: consultation on repeal of two enforcement provisions

  15/05/12 - Consultation Papers

• Hounga v Allen & Allen - discrimination claims and illegal contracts

  15/05/12 - Cases - Other

• Bates Van Winkelhof v Clyde & Co LLP - whistle-blowing: equity partner was a "worker"

  26/04/12 - Cases - Employment Appeal Tribunal

• Seawell Ltd v (1) Ceva Freight UK Ltd (2) Moffat - employee spending 100% of his time on work does not equate to him doing 100% of the work

  19/04/12 - Cases - Employment Appeal Tribunal

• The Queen's Speech

  09/05/12 - Newspapers and BBC

• Konczak v BAE Systems (Operations) Ltd - only "wholly unreasonable" refusal to consider settlement can break chain of causation

  03/05/12 - Cases - Employment Appeal Tribunal

• Osonnaya v South West Essex Primary Care Trust - strike out after 5 years of no progress was error of law

  20/03/12 - Cases - Employment Appeal Tribunal

• Williams v Real Care Agency Ltd - strike out during hearing for "evidential insubstantiality" is strongly discouraged

  13/03/12 - Cases - Employment Appeal Tribunal

• Cambridge academics approve compulsory retirement age

  03/05/12 - Other Press Releases

• Brennan & Others v (1) Sunderland City Council (2) GMB (3) Unison - unlawful discrimination and contribution towards liability

  02/05/12 - Cases - Employment Appeal Tribunal

• Quashie v Stringfellows Restaurants Ltd - lap dancer had umbrella contract of employment

  01/03/12 - Cases - Employment Appeal Tribunal

• Franks v The Governors for Churchmead CofE Voluntary Assisted School & Others - medical conditions and EAT time limits

  20/05/11 - Cases - Employment Appeal Tribunal

• Rahman v (1) Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis (2) Home Secretary - national security procedures & special advocates

  25/04/12 - Cases - Employment Appeal Tribunal

• Parent firm liable in “historic” asbestos case

  01/05/12 - Other Press Releases

• Seldon v Clarkson Wright and Jakes - the justification of direct age discrimination

  25/04/12 - Cases - Other

• Homer v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police - indirect age discrimination, and disadvantage suffered for reason directly connected to age

  25/04/12 - Cases - Other

• Halstead v Paymentshield Group Holdings Ltd - when are proceedings concurrent so as to require stay in ET?

  25/04/12 - Cases - Other

• EAT Practice Direction - appeal/review, and citation of authorities

  17/04/12 - Cases - Employment Appeal Tribunal

• Doyle v North West London Hospitals NHS Trust - tribunal should have considered ability to pay of its own volition

  20/04/12 - Cases - Employment Appeal Tribunal

• Litigants in Person - new practice note

  19/04/12 - Lawyers' Notes and Articles

• Ajayi (1) Ogeleyinbo (2) v Aitch Care Homes (London) Ltd - refusal to accept WTR contravention must be explicit

  03/02/12 - Cases - Employment Appeal Tribunal

• C v M Ltd - absolute immunity against ET claims arising out of other legal proceedings

  22/02/12 - Cases - Employment Appeal Tribunal

• Gabriel v Peninsula Business Services Ltd & Anor - employment cannot transfer at common law without employee's consent

  23/02/12 - Cases - Employment Appeal Tribunal

• Warby v Wunda Group Plc - context is vital to determine whether words are discriminatory or not

  27/01/12 - Cases - Employment Appeal Tribunal

• Charles v Tesco Stores Ltd - was claim as claimant apparently believed it, or as it was pleaded and presented?

  19/01/12 - Cases - Employment Appeal Tribunal

• Godfrey Morgan Solicitors Ltd v Marzan & Anor - solicitor employer unreasonable to rely on drafting technicality to defend claim

  15/02/12 - Cases - Employment Appeal Tribunal