ROBINSON V AL-QASIMI (2021) EWCA Civ 862
An employee whose contract of employment was performed illegally during a period of seven years when she failed to pay income tax was not prevented from claiming unfair and wrongful dismissal three years after the employer became aware of the non-payment and took steps to address it. The Court confirmed that, following the Supreme Court’s […]
Watson -v- Hilary Meredith, (a case of Causation -v- Correlation between protected disclosure and detriment).
Mr Justice Cavanagh sitting at the Employment Appeal Tribunal refused to draw the inference that the Claimant/Appellant’s protected disclosure must have been the reason for his subsequent dismissal. The Judge concluded that the employment tribunal, was entitled to find the reason for dismissal was ‘separate and distinct’ from the protected disclosures. In this case Mr […]
Stoffel & Co -v- Grondona [2020] UKSC 42
On appeal from [2018] EWCA Civ 2031 Illegality as a defence Professional negligence Breach of retainer JUSTICES: Lord Reed (President), Lord Hodge (Deputy President), Lady Black, Lord Lloyd-Jones, Lady Arden BACKGROUND TO THE APPEAL This appeal concerns the defence of illegality. The Supreme Court is asked to decide whether a firm of solicitors, Stoffel & […]
Asda Stores Ltd –v- Brierley and others [2021] UKSC 10
On appeal from: [2019] EWCA Civ 44 Justices Lord Reed (President), Lord Hodge (Deputy President), Lord Lloyd-Jones, Lady Arden, Lord Leggatt Background to the Appeal This appeal arose from the trial of a preliminary issue in the equal pay claims that the Respondents are bringing against the Appellant, Asda Stores Limited, one of the UK’s […]
Shannon –v- Rampersad & another (t/a Clifton House Residential Home (2021) UKSC 8
on appeal from (2018) EWCA Civ 1641 Justices Lord Kerr, Lord Wilson, Lord Carnwath, Lady Arden, Lord Kitchin Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore, Background to the Appeal These appeals were brought by two care workers who were “sleep-in” workers, that is, by arrangement they were permitted to sleep at or near their place of work, and […]
Uber BV and others -v- Aslam and others [2021] UKSC 5
On appeal from: [2018] EWCA Civ 2748 Justices Lord Reed (President), Lord Hodge (Deputy President), Lady Arden, Lord Kitchin, Lord Sales, Lord Hamblen and Lord Leggatt Background to the Appeal This appeal concerns the employment status of private hire vehicle drivers who provide their services through the Uber smartphone application (the “Uber app”). The main […]
Royal Mencap Society – v- Tomlinson-Blake (Appellant) [2021] UKSC 8
On appeal from: [2018] EWCA Civ 1641 Justices Lord Kerr, Lord Wilson, Lord Carnwath, Lady Arden, Lord Kitchin Background to the Appeal These appeals were brought by two care workers who were “sleep-in” workers, that is, by arrangement they were permitted to sleep at or near their place of work, and the appeals concern the […]