Results: 130

• Chhabra v West London Mental Health NHS Trust

  25 Jan 2013 [2013] EWCA Civ 11; [2013] CN 120, CA

  18 Dec 2013 [2013] UKSC 80; [2014] ICR 194; [2014] 1 All ER 943; [2013] WLR (D) 504; Case details, SC(E)

  Subsequent citations: 19.
  EMPLOYMENT — Medical profession — Disciplinary proceedings

  EMPLOYMENT — Contract of employment — Disciplinary proceedings
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  EMPLOYMENT — Medical profession — Disciplinary proceedings — Whether lawfully instituted against doctor

  EMPLOYMENT — Contract of employment — Disciplinary proceedings — Disciplinary procedure applicable to doctors — Psychiatrist breaching patient confidentiality by having documents visible and dictating reports on train — Employer commissioning investigation under disciplinary policy — Respective roles of case investigator and case manager — Whether non-deliberate breach of patient confidentiality amounting to gross misconduct — Whether employer to be restrained from charging breaches as gross misconduct

  1 Case considered
• Benkharbouche v Embassy of the Republic of Sudan (Janah v Libya)

  04 Oct 2013 UKEAT/401/12; [2014] ICR 169, EAT

  05 Feb 2015 (Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs intervening) [2015] EWCA Civ 33; [2016] QB 347; [2015] 3 WLR 301; [2015] 3 WLR 301; [2015] ICR 793; [2016] 1 All ER 816; [2015] WLR (D) 83, CA

  18 Oct 2017 (Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs intervening) [2017] UKSC 62; [2019] AC 777; [2017] 3 WLR 957; [2017] ICR 1327; [2018] 1 All ER 662; [2017] WLR (D) 691; Case details, SC(E) (Baroness Hale of Richmond PSC, Lord Wilson, Lord Sumption JJSC, Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, Lord Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony)

  Subsequent considerations : 2 positive; 3 neutral; most recently considered: 2023. Subsequent citations: 54.
  CONFLICT OF LAWS — Sovereign immunity — Employment
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  CONFLICT OF LAWS — Sovereign immunity — Employment — Domestic worker at London embassy — Claims of unfair dismissal and breach of working time provisions — Embassy claiming state immunity — Worker excluded from exception for employees — Whether denial of access to enforcement of claims breach of right to fair trial — Whether statute to be disapplied — State Immunity Act 1978, ss 4(2), 16 — Human Rights Act 1998, s 3, Sch 1, art 6 — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, art 47

  CONFLICT OF LAWS — Sovereign immunity — Employment — Domestic worker at London embassy — Claims for unfair dismissal and breach of working time provisions — Embassy claiming state immunity — Worker excluded by statute from exception for employees — Whether denial of access to enforcement of claims breach of Convention right to fair trial — Whether declaration of incompatibility to be granted — Whether statute to be disapplied in so far as incompatible with European Union law — State Immunity Act 1978, ss 4(2), 16 — Human Rights Act 1998, ss 3, 4, Sch 1, Pt I, arts 6, 14 — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union 2004, art 47

  CONFLICT OF LAWS — Sovereign immunity — Employment — Domestic worker at London embassy — Claims of unfair dismissal and breach of working time provisions — Embassy claiming state immunity — Worker excluded by statute from exception for employees — Whether denial of access to enforcement of claims breach of Convention right to fair trial — Whether statutory provisions to be disapplied in so far as incompatible with European Union law — State Immunity Act 1978 (c 33), ss 4(2), 16(1)(a) — Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, arts 6, 14 — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (2004), art 47

  CONFLICT OF LAWS — Sovereign immunity — Employment — Domestic worker at London embassy — Claims of unfair dismissal and breach of working time provisions — Embassy claiming state immunity — Worker excluded by statute from exception for employees — Whether denial of access to enforcement of claims breach of Convention right to fair trial — Whether statutory provisions to be disapplied in so far as incompatible with European Union law — State Immunity Act 1978 (c 33), ss 4(2), 16(1)(a) — Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, arts 6, 14 — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, art 47

  6 Case(s) considered

  1 EU Enactment considered

  2 Statutes considered
• Ministry of Justice v O’Brien (No 2)

  04 Mar 2014 UKEAT/466/13; [2014] ICR 773, EAT (Sir David Keene)

  06 Oct 2015 [2015] EWCA Civ 1000; [2016] ICR 182; [2017] 1 All ER 1078; [2015] WLR (D) 406, CA

  13 Jul 2016 (appn all) [2016] ICR 1073, SC(E)

  12 Jul 2017 (Note) [2017] UKSC 46; [2017] ICR 1101; [2017] 4 All ER 997; [2017] WLR (D) 478; Case details, SC(E)

  07 Nov 2018 (Case C-432/17); EU:C:2018:879; [2019] ICR 505; [2018] WLR (D) 685, ECJ (Vice President, acting as President of First Chamber, R Silva de Lapuerta, Judges J-C Bonichot, A Arabadjiev, CG Fernlund, S Rodin, Advocate General J Kokott)

  Subsequent considerations : 2 positive; 1 negative; most recently considered: 2020. Subsequent citations: 8.
  DISCRIMINATION — Part-time worker — Pension

  DISCRIMINATION — Sexual orientation — Pension

  EUROPEAN UNION — Reference for a preliminary ruling — Social policy
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  DISCRIMINATION — Part-time worker — Pension — Fee-paid recorder entitled to pro rata pension of full-time circuit judge — Whether period of service prior to prohibition of discrimination to count in calculating pension — Part-time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000, reg 1(2)(3) — Council Directive 97/81/EC, Annex, cl 4

  DISCRIMINATION — Sexual orientation — Pension — Claimant in receipt of occupational pension with survivor’s benefit for spouses — Relevant service complete before prohibition of discrimination on ground of sexual orientation in EU and domestic law — Claimant registering civil partnership and subsequently marrying civil partner — Whether denial of survivor’s benefit under provision permitting such discrimination prior to introduction of civil partnerships compatible with EU law — Whether Directive having retroactive effect — Equality Act 2010, s 61, Sch 9, para 18(1) (as amended by Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013, Sch 4, para 17(1)) — Council Directive 2000/78/EC, art 1

  DISCRIMINATION — Part-time worker — Pension — Fee-paid recorder entitled to pro rata pension of full-time circuit judge — Whether period of service prior to prohibition of discrimination in European Union and domestic law to count in calculating pension — Whether Directive having retroactive effect — Part-time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000 (SI 2000/1551), reg 1(2)(3) — Council Directive 97/81/EC, Annex, cl 4

  EUROPEAN UNION — Reference for a preliminary ruling — Social policy — Directive 97/81/EC — Framework Agreement on part-time work concluded by UNICE, CEEP and the ETUC — Clause 4 — Principle of non-discrimination — Part-time workers — Retirement pension — Calculation of the amount of the pension — Account taken of years of service completed before expiry of the period for transposition of Directive 97/81/EC — Immediate application to the future effects of a situation which arose under the old law

  9 Case(s) considered

  2 EU Enactments considered

  1 Statute considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered
• Rowstock Ltd v Jessemey

  05 Mar 2013 (Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening) [2013] ICR 807, EAT

  26 Feb 2014 [2014] EWCA Civ 185; [2014] 1 WLR 3615; [2014] ICR 550; [2014] 3 All ER 409; [2014] WLR (D) 101, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 21.
  DISCRIMINATION — Employment — Former employee
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  DISCRIMINATION — Employment — Former employee — Claimant dismissed on ground of age — Employer subsequently providing adverse reference — Claim of victimisation in response to claimant’s unfair dismissal proceedings — Whether jurisdiction to consider post-employment victimisation — Equality Act 2010, s 108(7)

  DISCRIMINATION — Employment — Former employee — Claim unfairly dismissed on ground of age — Employer subsequently providing adverse reference — Claim of victimisation in response to unfair dismissal proceedings — Whether jurisdiction to consider post-employment victimisation — Equality Act 2010, s 108(7)

  6 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered

• Sharpe v Worcester Diocesan Board of Finance Ltd

  28 Nov 2013 [2014] ICR D9, EAT

  30 Apr 2015 [2015] EWCA Civ 399; [2015] ICR 1241; [2015] WLR (D) 196, CA

  Subsequent citations: 11.
  EMPLOYMENT — Contract of employment — Church minister
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  EMPLOYMENT — Contract of employment — Church minister — Ordained minister in Church of England — Claims of detrimental treatment following protected disclosures and constructive unfair dismissal — Whether minister “employee” — Whether “worker” — Employment Rights Act 1996, ss 43K (as inserted by Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998, s 1), 230(1)(3)

  EMPLOYMENT — Contract of employment — Church minister — Ordained minister in Church of England occupying office of rector — Claims of detrimental treatment following protected disclosures and constructive unfair dismissal — Whether minister “employee” — Whether “worker” — Employment Rights Act 1996, ss 43K(1) (as inserted by Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998, s 1), 230(1)(3)

  2 Case(s) considered

  2 Words & Phrases considered

  1 Statute considered
• R (UNISON) v Lord Chancellor (Nos 1 and 2)

  29 Jul 2013 [2013] EWHC 2858 (Admin), QBD (Lewis J)

  07 Feb 2014 (Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening) [2014] EWHC 218 (Admin); [2014] ICR 498; [2014] WLR (D) 57, DC

  26 Aug 2015 (Nos 1 & 2) (Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening) [2015] EWCA Civ 935; [2016] ICR 1; [2016] 4 All ER 25; [2015] WLR (D) 370, CA

  26 Feb 2016 (appn all) [2016] ICR 502, SC(E)

  26 Jul 2017 (Equality and Human Rights Commission and another intervening) (Nos 1 and 2) [2017] UKSC 51; [2020] AC 869; [2017] 3 WLR 409; [2017] ICR 1037; [2017] 4 All ER 903; [2017] WLR (D) 552; Case details, SC(E) (Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury PSC, Baroness Hale of Richmond DPSC, Lord Mance, Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore, Lord Wilson, Lord Reed, Lord Hughes JJSC)

  Subsequent considerations : 6 positive; 7 neutral; 2 negative; most recently considered: 2022. Subsequent citations: 109.
  EMPLOYMENT — Employment appeal tribunal — Court fees

  INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS — Employment tribunals — Fees
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  EMPLOYMENT — Employment appeal tribunal — Court fees — Validity — Lord Chancellor introducing fees regime in employment tribunal and Employment Appeal Tribunal — Whether breaching EU principles of effectiveness or equivalence — Whether breach of public sector equality duty — Whether discriminatory — Employment Tribunals and Employment Appeal Tribunal Fees Order 2013 (SI 2013/1893)

  INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS — Employment tribunals — Fees — Imposition of fees for access to employment tribunals and appeal tribunal — Whether breach of EU principles of effectiveness and equivalence — Whether breach of public sector equality duty — Whether indirectly discriminatory — Equality Act 2010, s 149(1) — Employment Tribunals and Employment Appeal Tribunal Fees Order 2013, arts 3, 4

  INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS — Employment tribunals — Fees — Imposition of fees for access to employment tribunals and appeal tribunal — Whether breach of EU principle of effectiveness — Whether breach of public sector equality duty — Whether indirectly discriminatory — Whether challenge to imposition of fees premature — Equality Act 2010, ss 29(6), 149(1) — Employment Tribunals and Employment Appeal Tribunal Fees Order 2013, arts 3, 4, Sch 3, para 16

  INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS — Employment tribunals — Fees — Lord Chancellor making Order imposing fees for access to employment tribunals and appeal tribunal — Whether breach of constitutional right of access to justice — Whether breach of European Union principle of effective judicial protection — Whether Order to be quashed as unlawful — Whether indirectly discriminatory — Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c 4), s 42 — Equality Act 2010 (c 15), s 19 — Employment Tribunals and the Employment Appeal Tribunal Fees Order 2013 (SI 2013/1893), arts 3, 4 — Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (1953) (Cmd 8969), arts 6, 13 — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, art 47

  11 Case(s) considered

  1 EU Enactment considered

  2 Statutes considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered

  1 International Agreement considered
• Essop v Home Office (UK Border Agency)

  16 May 2014 UKEAT/480/13; [2014] ICR 871, EAT

  22 Jun 2015 [2015] EWCA Civ 609; [2015] ICR 1063; [2016] 3 All ER 137; [2015] WLR (D) 269, CA

  03 Nov 2015 (appn all) [2016] ICR 205, SC(E)

  05 Apr 2017 [2017] UKSC 27; [2017] 1 WLR 1343; [2017] ICR 640; [2017] 3 All ER 551; [2017] WLR (D) 244; Case details, SC(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 5 positive; 2 neutral. Subsequent citations: 42.
  DISCRIMINATION — Race — Indirect discrimination

  DISCRIMINATION — Indirect discrimination — Proof
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  DISCRIMINATION — Race — Indirect discrimination — Employees with race and age characteristics disproportionately failing test for promotion — Claims of indirect discrimination — Whether necessary for employees to show protected characteristic reason for failure — Equality Act 2010, s 19

  DISCRIMINATION — Indirect discrimination — Proof — Claimants in first case part of group of employees with race and age characteristics disproportionately failing test for promotion — Claimant in second case Muslim chaplain employed in Prison Service where pay system partly based on length of service — Fewer Muslim chaplains on higher grades as none employed before 2002 — Claims of indirect discrimination — Whether necessary for claimants to show that protected characteristic material cause of relevant group and individual disadvantage — Equality Act 2010 (c 15), s 19

  4 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered
• Ashraf v General Dental Council

  29 Jul 2014 [2014] EWHC 2618 (Admin); [2014] ICR 1244; [2014] WLR (D) 342, DC

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; most recently considered: 2022. Subsequent citations: 3.
  MEDICAL PRACTITIONER — Discipline — Serious professional misconduct
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  MEDICAL PRACTITIONER — Discipline — Serious professional misconduct — Dentist acquitted of charges of fraudulent claims on NHS — Professional conduct committee finding same allegations proved and dentist unfit to practise — Whether abuse of process — Whether committee’s decision wrong

  1 Case considered

• Naeem v Secretary of State for Justice

  15 Jan 2014 UKEAT/215/13; [2014] ICR 472, EAT

  09 Dec 2015 [2015] EWCA Civ 1264; [2016] ICR 289; [2015] WLR (D) 517, CA

  22 Mar 2016 (appn all) [2016] ICR 720, SC(E)

  Subsequent considerations : most recently considered: 2017.
  DISCRIMINATION — Race, religion or belief — Employment

  DISCRIMINATION — Religion or belief — Employment
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  DISCRIMINATION — Race, religion or belief — Employment — Muslim chaplain employed in Prison Service — Pay system based partly on length of service — All chaplains Christians before 2002 — Whether pay system indirectly discriminating against Muslims — Equality Act 2010, ss 19, 23

  DISCRIMINATION — Religion or belief — Employment — Muslim chaplain employed in Prison Service — Pay system based partly on length of service — No Muslim chaplains employed before 2002 — Whether pay system indirectly discriminating against Muslim chaplain — Equality Act 2010, ss 19, 23

  4 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered
• Cox v Ministry of Justice

  19 Feb 2014 [2014] EWCA Civ 132; [2015] QB 107; [2014] 3 WLR 1036; [2014] ICR 713; [2014] CN 248, CA

  31 Oct 2014 (appn all) [2014] 1 WLR 4208; [2015] ICR 70, SC(E)

  02 Mar 2016 [2016] UKSC 10; [2016] AC 660; [2016] 2 WLR 806; [2016] ICR 470; [2017] 1 All ER 1; [2016] WLR (D) 110; Case details, SC(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 3 positive; 2 neutral; most recently considered: 2022. Subsequent citations: 38.
  VICARIOUS LIABILITY — Relationship akin to employment — Prisoner
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  VICARIOUS LIABILITY — Relationship akin to employment — Prisoner — Prisoner paid to assist prison catering manager in moving kitchen supplies — Manager suffering injury when prisoner ignoring instruction — Whether Ministry of Justice vicariously liable for prisoner’s negligence

  5 Case(s) considered