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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
Weeks v Newham College of Further Education - claim of harassment not made out on facts
Wolverhampton University v Elbeltagi - time limits and reasonable practicality - EAT 13.7.07
Wright, Jummun, Quinn and Gambier v DoH and DES - POVA rules are incompatible with Human Rights Act - QBD 16.11.06
Williams v The Ministry of Defence - withdrawal of service complaint and ET jurisdiction
Whiteside v London Borough of Croydon - stress, psychiatric injury and constructive wrongful dismissal
Westminster Drug Project v O’'Sullivan - employer failed to raise distinction of detriment on grounds of disclosure
Watt (formerly Carter)(on behalf of Labour Party) v Ahsan - race discrimination, political parties, and estoppel - House of Lords 21.11.07
when a judge should recuse himself/herself - Dorbcrest Homes Ltd v Fishwick
Whitney v Monster Worldwide Ltd & MSL Group (Trustees) Ltd - "no detriment pension guarantee" was enforceable against transferee employer
Waller v Bromsgrove District Council - overriding objective does not alter strict application of time limits - EAT 23.5.07
Wells v St Edwards RC Primary School - attempted appeal to EAT disallowed as no point of law involved
Ward v Ashkenazi - calculation of unfair dismissal compensatory award (notably for future loss)
Wolf v Stadt Frankfurt am Main, ECJ Case C-229/08 - upper age limit for fire service recruits is justifiable discrimination (A-G's opinion)
Wise Group v Mitchell EAT 2005
Woodhouse v West North West Homes Leeds Ltd - victimisation, protected acts, and genuinely separable factors
Woodward v Abbey National plc
Wheeler v (1) Office of the Prime Minister (2) Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Speaker of the House of Commons - no clear promise of referendum to found legitimate expectation - QBD 25.6.08
Wightman and others v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union Case C-621/18
Walsall MBC & Anor v Birch & Ors - tribunal's discretion to allow amendments to add an out-if-time claim
Wilson v Ministry of Defence & Anor - no reasons given in personal injury case - Court of Appeal 9.5.07