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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
Somerset County Council & Anor v Pike - choice of appropriate pool for comparison in Equal Pay cases
Stuart McGowan v W & JR Watson Ltd - Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998, appeared on Scotscourt website 17.12.2005
Smith v London Metropolitan University - employer's investigations were inadequate: misconduct dismissal was potentially unfair
St James Management Services Ltd v Power - dismissal was rightly found to be more than just procedurally unfair
SCA Packaging Limited v Boyle -"likely" in the DDA 1995 means "could well happen" and not "more probable than not"
Somjee v Barnsley District General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - locum consultant cannot claim after a fall at the workplace
Slaney v Secretary of State - strike out of appeal against POCA inclusion - Care Standards Tribunal 8.11.07
Sakharkar v Northern Foods Grocery Group Ltd (t/a Fox’s Biscuts) - a court judgment cannot be overturned by agreement between parties
Sandford (1) Parkin (2) v Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Secretary of State for Work & Pensions v Wakefield - reasonable adjustments in disability discrimination cases
Sandhu v Jan de Rijk Transport - dismissal or resignation?
St Albans' Girl School v Neary - no costs order against party "pitched against their will" into costs-bearing jurisdiction
Smiths-Detection Watford Ltd v Berriman - employer acted reasonably in a mental illness disability case and ET decision was "perverse" - new on EAT site 28.9.05
Secretary of State for Trade and Industry v Mackie - deafness claim out of time - Court of Appeal 28.6.07
Seymour v Fitness First Clubs Ltd - where complaint not pursued at PHR, EJ assumed it was not a live issue
Subner v United Kingdom - health professionals, appeal rights, and a fair trial
Smith v Northamptonshire County Council - PUWER regs liability (appeal by employer allowed) - [2008] EWCA Civ 181 on 11.3.08