Uber BV and others v Aslam and others
Craig Ludlow analyses the Supreme Court’s judgment in Uber and examines its likely potential scope and impact on the issue of employment status in the future.
View ArticleUber BV and others v Aslam and others
Craig Ludlow analyses the Supreme Court’s judgment in Uber and examines its likely potential scope and impact on the issue of employment status in the future.
View ArticleMrs l Chalmers v Airpoint Ltd & Others UKEATS/0031/19/SS
Andrew MacPhail analyses the case of Mrs l Chalmers v Airpoint Ltd & Others UKEATS/0031/19/SS.
View ArticleR (On the application of Motherhood Plan & Anor) v HM Treasury & Anor [2021] EWHC 309 (Admin)
Naomi Webber analyses the case of R (On the application of Motherhood Plan & Anor) v HM Treasury & Anor [2021] EWHC 309 (Admin). A case concerning direct discrimination.
View ArticleHead (Executrix of the Estate of Michael Head deceased) v The Culver Heating Company Limited [2021] EWCA Civ 34
Grace Nicholls analyses Head (Executrix of the Estate of Michael Head deceased) v The Culver Heating Company Limited [2021] EWCA Civ 34 a case concerning ''lost years claims''.
View ArticleWestfields Homes Ltd and another v Keay Homes (Windrush) Ltd [2020] EWHC 3368 (Ch)
Seb Oram has reviewed the case of Westfields Homes Ltd v Keay Homes (Windrush). The case involved a potential breach of commercial, land-development contract and serves as a must-read for all commercial lawyers and litigators alike.
This article was first published by Lexis®PSL on 22/03/2021
View ArticleSpecialist employment law barrister Mathew Gullick QC analyses the UK Supreme Court's judgment of 19 March 2021, which completed many years of litigation over the issue of whether “sleep-in” workers were entitled to be paid the National Minimum Wage (NMW) during the whole of the periods when they were required to be at work but were permitted to be asleep.
View ArticleAsda Stores Ltd v. Brierley & Ors [2019] EWCA Civ 44
Employment law barrister Simon Tibbitts analyses the judgment of the Supreme Court handed down on Friday, 26th March, outlining the clarity the case provides on the approach and principles to be adopted when dealing with cross-establishment comparisons in Equal Pay claims.
Simon highlights the clarity the Judgment brings and suggests large employers would be well advised to review their pay structures.
View ArticleSmith v Pimlico Plumbers Ltd UKEAT/0211/19/DA
Specialist employment barrister Sarah Clarke analyses the EAT's decision in Smith v Pimlico Plumbers Ltd UKEAT/0211/19/DA , in which Mr Justice Choudhury considers whether a worker is entitled to a payment in lieu of annual leave upon termination, whether such leave was taken or not, in circumstances where the respondent did not provide any paid annual leave during the relationship.
View ArticlePage v Lord Chancellor and ors [2021] EWCA Civ 254
Specialist employment law barrister Grace Nicholls reviews Page v Lord Chancellor and ors [2021] EWCA Civ 254, a case in which a magistrate expressed views about the appropriateness of the adoption of a child by a same sex couple based on his religious views and refused to sign the order approving the adoption.
View ArticleL v 1) X 2) Z & 3) E UKEAT/0080/20/RN
Employment law barrister Katherine Anderson reviews L v 1) X 2) Z & 3) E UKEAT/0080/20/RN and examines the principles considered by the EAT in determining whether there was “conduct extending over a period” for the purposes of section 123 of the Equality Act 2010.
View ArticleAlice de Coverley and Alex Leonhardt analyse how the tricky, balancing questions around children’s rights, school uniforms and school discipline have been dealt with by the Courts.
This article also appeared in the Education Law Monitor.
View ArticleR (L, M, P) v Devon County Council [2021] EWCA Civ
Jennifer Agyekum analyses R (L, M, P) v Devon County Council [2021] EWCA Civ, a case in which the Administrative Court is due to have the final word on the correct interpretation of the timescales for issuing a Final EHCP.
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