Employment law cases

O'Kelly and others v Trusthouse Forte plc [1983] IRLR 369 CA

Reports relating to this case:

  • Contracts of employment: Casual waiters not employees

    Date:
    23 August 1983

    An Industrial Tribunal's decision as to whether a contract is a contract of employment can only be overturned on appeal if the Tribunal misdirected itself in law or reached a perverse decision on the facts, the majority of the Court of Appeal concludes in the widely publicised case of O'Kelly and others v Trusthouse Forte Plc.