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AUTHOR: Michael Rubenstein
CASES: below is a list of cases discussed in this article. Click the case title for more XpertHR resources on the case and related cases.Jiménez Melgar v Ayuntamiento de los Barrios [2001] IRLR 848 ECJ (5 reports) Grant v South-West Trains Ltd [1998] IRLR 206 ECJ (6 reports) Krüger v Kreiskrankenhaus Ebersberg [1999] IRLR 808 ECJ (3 reports) R v Secretary of State for Employment ex parte Seymour-Smith and Perez (No.2) [2000] IRLR 263 HL (4 reports) R v Secretary of State for Employment ex parte Seymour-Smith and Perez [1999] IRLR 253 ECJ (5 reports) Boyle and others v Equal Opportunities Commission [1998] IRLR 717 ECJ (5 reports) Perceval-Price and others v Department of Economic Development and others [2000] IRLR 380 NICA (3 reports) Nolte v Landesversicherungsanstalt Hannover [1996] IRLR 225 ECJ (4 reports) R v Secretary of State for Trade and Industry ex parte Unison and others [1996] IRLR 438 HC (3 reports) Abrahamsson and Anderson v Fogelqvist [2000] IRLR 732 ECJ (2 reports) Application by Badeck [2000] IRLR 432 ECJ (3 reports) Caisse Nationale d'Assurance Vieillesse des Travailleurs Salariés (CNAVTS) v Thibault [1998] IRLR 399 ECJ (3 reports) Draehmpaehl v Urania Immobilienservice ohG [1997] IRLR 538 ECJ (2 reports) Jørgensen v Foreningen Af Speciallæger and Sygesikringens Forhandlingsudvalg [2000] IRLR 726 ECJ (3 reports) Mahlburg v Land Mecklenburg-Vorpommern [2000] IRLR 276 ECJ (3 reports) Marschall v Land Nordrhein-Westfalen [1998] IRLR 39 ECJ (4 reports) P v S and Cornwall County Council [1996] IRLR 347 ECJ (4 reports) Gerster v Freistaat Bayern [1997] IRLR 699 ECJ (4 reports) Kachelmann v Bankhaus Hermann Lampe Kg [2001] IRLR 49 ECJ (3 reports) Kording v Senator für Finanzen [1997] IRLR 710 ECJ (3 reports) Lommers v Minister Van Landbouw, Natuurbeheer en Visserij [2002] IRLR 430 ECJ (6 reports) Kalanke v Freie Hansestadt Bremen [1995] IRLR 660 ECJ (3 reports) Coote v Granada Hospitality Ltd [1998] IRLR 656 ECJ (3 reports) Brown v Rentokil Ltd [1998] IRLR 445 ECJ (3 reports) Habermann-Beltermann v Arbeiterwohlfahrt, Bezirksverband Ndb/Opf eV [1994] IRLR 364 ECJ (3 reports) Tele Danmark A/S v Handels- og Kontorfunktionaerernes Forbund i Danmark (HK), acting on behalf of Brandt-Nielsen [2001] IRLR 853 ECJ (9 reports) Webb v EMO Air Cargo (UK) Ltd [1994] IRLR 482 ECJ (3 reports) Setiya v East Yorkshire Health Authority [1995] IRLR 348 EAT (4 reports) Jesuthasan v London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham [1998] IRLR 372 CA (3 reports) EFTA Surveillance Authority v Kingdom of Norway [2003] IRLR 318 EFTA Court (3 reports) Busch v Klinikum Neustadt GmbH & Co Betriebs-KG [2003] IRLR 625 ECJ (4 reports) Kutz-Bauer v Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg [2003] IRLR 368 ECJ (5 reports) Dekker v Stichting Vormingscentrum voor Jonge Volwassen (VJV-Centrum) Plus [1991] IRLR 27 ECJ (3 reports) Land Brandenburg v Sass [2005] IRLR 147 ECJ (5 reports) Marshall v Southampton and South-West Hampshire Area Health Authority (No.2) [1993] IRLR 445 ECJ (3 reports) Porter v Cannon Hygiene Ltd [1993] IRLR 329 NICA (2 reports) R v Secretary of State for Employment ex parte Equal Opportunities Commission [1994] IRLR 176 HL (3 reports) Blaik v The Post Office [1994] IRLR 280 ECJ (2 reports) Johnson v Chief Adjudication Officer (No.2) [1995] IRLR 157 ECJ (2 reports) Meyers v Adjudication Officer [1995] IRLR 498 ECJ (2 reports) Webb v EMO Air Cargo (UK) Ltd [1993] IRLR 27 HL (4 reports) Marshall v Southampton and South-West Hampshire Area Health Authority [1986] IRLR 140 ECJ (1 report) Roberts v Tate & Lyle Industries Ltd [1986] IRLR 150 ECJ (2 reports) Johnston v The Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary [1986] IRLR 263 ECJ (2 reports) R v Secretary of State for Education, ex parte Schaffter [1987] IRLR 53 EAT (2 reports) Duke v GEC Reliance (formerly Reliance Systems Ltd) [1988] IRLR 118 HL (3 reports) Finnegan v Clowney Youth Training Programme Ltd [1990] IRLR 299 HL (2 reports) Foster and others v British Gas plc [1990] IRLR 353 ECJ (2 reports) Handels-og Kontorgunktionaerernes Forbund i Danmark (acting for Hertz) v Dansk Arbejdsgiverforening (acting for Aldi Marked K/S) [1991] IRLR 31 ECJ (2 reports) Foster and others v British Gas plc [1991] IRLR 268 HL (2 reports) Secretary of State for Scotland and Greater Glasgow Health Board v Wright and Hannah [1991] IRLR 187 EAT (2 reports) Emmott v Minister for Social Welfare and Attorney General [1991] IRLR 387 ECJ (2 reports) Doughty v Rolls-Royce plc [1992] IRLR 126 CA (2 reports) Livingstone v Hepworth Refractories plc [1992] IRLR 63 EAT (2 reports) R v Secretary of State for Social Security ex parte Equal Opportunities Commission [1992] IRLR 376 ECJ (2 reports) Verholen v Sociale Verzekeringsbank Amsterdam [1992] IRLR 38 ECJ (1 report) Cotter v Minister for Social Welfare [1991] IRLR 380 ECJ (1 report) Steenhorst-Neerings v Bestuur van de Bedrijfsvereniging voor Detailhandel, Ambachten en Huisvrouwen [1994] IRLR 244 ECJ (1 report) R v Secretary of State for Defence ex parte Perkins (No.2) [1998] IRLR 508 HC (1 report) Commission of the European Communities v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [1984] IRLR 29 ECJ (1 report) Burton v British Railways Board [1982] IRLR 116 ECJ (1 report)
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