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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
W Brewin & Co Ltd v Marvin - tribunal was entitled to find selection for redundancy unfair
Walker v United Kingdom - UK NIC's and sex discrimination - ECtHR 22.8.06
Wang v University Of Keele - does notice run from the very moment it is received, or some later point in time?
Welsh National Opera Ltd v Johnston - misconstruction of contract led to serious error in finding dismissal was reasonable and fair
Wincanton Group Ltd v De Cort & Anor - ET erred by substituting its own view
Wacha v Lewis & Another - tribunal failed to explain why it did not award uplift in compensation
Winner Wetten GmbH v Bürgermeisterin der Stadt Bergheim - national court must not apply domestic law if it is contrary to EC law
World of Home Improvements Ltd v J Cooper-Frewer (Debarred) - rare example of fresh evidence allowed on appeal
Wardle v Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank - compensation for career long losses is not generally appropriate
Wiliams v Cater Link Ltd - no actual or apparent bias by employment judge who may have been friendly with one of the barristers
When can religious organisations discriminate? - BHA website 4.12.07
Williams v Lishman, Sidwell, Campbell & Price Ltd - limitation period in case of deliberate concealment
Waltham Forest NHS Primary Care Trust & Anor v Malik, R. (On the application of) - Court of Appeal 28.3.07
White v Burton's Foods Ltd - Equal Pay and "same employment"
Welsh v Stokes & Anor - hearsay evidence - Court of Appeal 27.7.07
Wilson v Health & Safety Executive EAT - scheme relating pay to length of service must be justified for Equal Pay purposes
Ward v South Yorkshire Pensions Authority & Anor [2005] EWHC 2711 (Ch), 29/11/05
West Herts Hospitals NHS Trust v Evans - breach of 2004 statutory dismissal procedures and compensation.
Weight Watchers (UK) Ltd & Ors v Commissioners of Inland Revenue - weight watchers "Leaders" are employees, not self-employed
Woodhouse v West North West Homes Leeds Ltd - Victimisation case that should not have followed the fact specific Martin v Devonshire Solicitors