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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
UKAEA v Claydon 1974 18/12/1973
Uzor v (1) Safiu (2) Uzor (3) Verriott International Group Ltd - joint and several liability for compensation
Uthman v Speciality Care (EMI) Plc (t/a Craegmoor Healthcare) - appeals with no prospect of success
USDAW & Anor v UNITE The Union & Ors - 'at one establishment' to be disregarded for purposes of collective redundancy consultation
USA: Rodrigues v. Scotts Co. et al: man fired for smoking given leave to pursue privacy claim - 30.01.08
USA: One Anti-Gay Comment Can Create Hostile Workplace - New Jersey Law Journal 15.8.08
USA: Meal and Rest Period - dBusinessNews 17.4.07
USA: In re (same-sex) marriage cases - Supreme Court of California, 15.5.08
USA case: Dismissal upheld despite employer's Google search for employee's prior work history - FindLaw 1.6.07
USA - whistleblowing protection "scaled back" - The Guardian 30.5.06
USA - Christian Legal Society Chapter of University of California, Hastings College of Law v. Martinez
USA - Carvin v Britain - Parental rights of lesbian - Supreme Court (Washington) 15.5.06
Urquhart v Fife Primary Care NHS Trust - Manual Handling Regulations - Court of Session 9.1.07
Uren v Corporate Leisure (UK) Ltd and MOD - risk assessments
Ur- Rehman v Doncaster Jahia Mosque - insufficient evidence to prove a claim for stigma
Upper Tribunal Case CP/1161/2007 - male to female transgender person's right to state retirement pension
University of Stirling v University & College Union - ending of fixed term contracts is not redundancy triggering consultation requirements
University of London v Zaman - no automatic issue estoppel preventing a breach of contract claim where a discrimination/victimisation claim has failed
University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust v Williams - "reasonably practicable" and "such further period as is reasonable" are not the same
United States of America v Nolan EAT - conditions for qualifying as an "appropriate representative" of employees for redundancy consultation