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Case Summaries

This section contains 100’s of professionally prepared case summaries relevant to employment law. They report decisions from the tribunals and courts of the UK and Europe and are updated as important new cases arise.

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Title Case Date
Hörnfeldt v Posten Meddelande AB - CJEC rules that enforced retirement at age 67 can be lawful
Hopkin v Financial Security Assurance (UK) Ltd - interpretation of commercial documents
Hope v Jordan Engineering - if there is no compensatory award there can be no uplift for failing to follow statutory dismissal procedures - EAT 1.5.08
Hooper v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions - order requiring repayment of incapacity benefit quashed - Court of Appeal 24.5.07
Hook, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions -judicial review of Commissioner's decision - High Court (Administrative Court) 3.7.07
Honey v City & County of Swansea - different treatment of employees who are guilty of misconduct can be justifiable
Honda of the UK Manufacturing Ltd v Gobby - before deciding on unfairness, tribunal must identify the reason for the dismissal
Homer v West Yorkshire Police - disadvantage due to impending retirement may seem unfair, but it is not age discrimination
Homer v West Yorkshire Police (appeal)
Homer v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police - Supreme Court to consider indirect age discrimination appeal
Home Office v Tariq - under ET National Security procedure, even "gist" of closed material need not necessarily be disclosed to ensure fair trial
Home Office v Tariq - the "gist" of "closed material" relied upon in ET national security case must be provided to claimant
Home Dep't v Baiai & Trzinska and Bigoku & Agolli - UK rules re immigrant sham marriages are unlawful - Court of Appeal 23.5.07
Holt v EB Security Services - was continuity of employment broken by week not actually working?
Holt v EB Security Ltd - "temporary cessation of work", "associated employers" and continuity of employment
Holst v Babcock & Wilcox Vølund ApS - protection for employee representatives
Holis Metal Industries Ltd v GMB & Newell Ltd - TUPE regulations apply to a non-UK purchaser of a UK-based business even if the purchaser is outside the EU - EAT 12.12.07
Hodkin & Anor, R (on the application of) v Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages - scientology is a religion
Hodgson, R (on the application of) v National Policing Improvement Agency - decision that police officer must retire is open to judicial review - QBD 4.6.08
Hodgson & ors. v Toray Textiles Europe Ltd. & ors. - Pension scheme muddle - High Court (Chancery Division) 30.10.06