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](https://www.augustineclement.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Law-Report-540x407.jpg "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 &…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Virtual hearings will become a constant feature of the employment tribunal even once coronavirus restrictions are lifted, according to Judge Barry Clarke and Judge Shona Simon, presidents of the employment tribunals in England and Wales and Scotland, respectively. In their roadmap which was published last week, they submitted that reverting to face-to-face hearings would not…
