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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
Williamson v The Chief Constable of The Greater Manchester Police & Anor - inadmissible evidence
Wheeler (R, on the application of) v Office of the Prime Minister and the Secretary of State for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs - leave granted to seek judicial review of refusal to hold referendum on Lisbon Treaty - QBD - 2.5.08
Woodcock v Cumbria Primary Care Trust - was taking account of costs "proportionate" as a means of achieving legitimate aim?
Woodhouse v West North West Homes Leeds Ltd - Victimisation case that should not have followed the fact specific Martin v Devonshire Solicitors
Wetherill & Ors v Birmingham City Council - user car allowances - Court of Appeal 19.6.07
Westlb AG London Branch v Pan - tribunal should not recuse itself on basis of party's unsubstantiated belief that it can have no confidence in it
White v Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust & Anor - the GMC, absolute immunity, and abuse of disclosure process
Whyte v The London Borough Of Lewisham - illogical for successful claimant to allege bias
Woodward v Abbey National PLC - post termination claim (alleged whistleblowing resulting in bad reference) - CA on 22.6.06
Waterman v AIT Group plc - Appellate Jurisdiction
Willmore v Knowsley MBC - the standard of proof required in mesothelioma cases is low.
Williams v DHL Services Ltd - reason necessary for late presentation of claim
Webster & Ors v Ridgeway Foundation School - school did not breach general "public authority duty" under RRA 1976 sec 71
Weston Recovery Services v Fisher - misconduct or gross misconduct / unfair dismissal or wrongful dismissal
Wallis & Anor v Meredith - defamation claim by employer was abuse of process
Wainwright & Cummins v Snowdon - not for EAT to substitute its own findings of fact
Williams v United Kingdom ECtHR - refusal of Widow's Pension was not sex discrimination - 24.6.08
Willoughby v C F Capital Plc - unambiguous words of dismissal can only be retracted in exceptional special circumstances.
Walker v Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons - strike-off was disproportionately severe sanction - Privy Council 21.11.07
Wilson v HSE - in equal pay claim employer must justify length of service criterion if "serious doubts" are raised