Case round-up

This report relates to 5 case(s)

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  Aziz v First Division Association (FDA) [2010] EWCA Civ 304 CA (1 other report)

  • Aziz v First Division Association (FDA)

    Date:

    1 April 2010

    The Court of Appeal has held that, where a claimant is alleging that separate incidents form one continuous act for the purposes of extending the normal time limit within which to bring a claim for racial discrimination, a relevant but not conclusive factor is whether the same individuals or different individuals were involved in the separate incidents.

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  BP plc v Elstone and another [2010] IRLR 558 EAT (2 other reports)

  • Whistleblowing: Whistleblower protected where disclosure made in previous employment

    Date:

    14 June 2010

    In BP plc v Elstone and another EAT/0141/09, the EAT held that a worker was entitled to bring a complaint under the whistleblowing provisions of the Employment Rights Act 1996 in respect of a detriment that he allegedly suffered in his current employment because of a protected disclosure that he had made while in previous employment.

  • BP plc v Elstone and another

    Date:

    12 April 2010

    The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that a worker can be protected against suffering a detriment for whistleblowing by his or her current employer when the protected disclosure was made to a previous employer.

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  Pothecary Witham Weld and another v Bullimore and another and the Equality and Human Rights Commission [2010] IRLR 572 EAT (2 other reports)

  • Case round-up

    Date:

    1 November 2010

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  • Pothecary Witham Weld and another v Bullimore and another

    Date:

    7 April 2010

    The Employment Appeal Tribunal has said that the Court of Appeal ruling in Oyarce v Cheshire County Council [2008] IRLR 653 CA, where it was held that the reversal of the burden of proof is not applicable in race victimisation cases, does not apply to sex discrimination claims.

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  Samuel Smith Old Brewery (Tadcaster) v Marshall and another EAT/0488/09 (1 other report)

  • Samuel Smith Old Brewery (Tadcaster) v Marshall and another

    Date:

    21 April 2010

    The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that it will only rarely be unfair for an employer to proceed with a disciplinary hearing prior to holding a related grievance appeal hearing.

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  Taylor v XLN Telecom Ltd and others [2010] IRLR 499 EAT (1 other report)

  • Taylor v XLN Telecom Ltd and others

    Date:

    31 March 2010

    The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that employees, who successfully claim discrimination, are entitled to be compensated for any injury to health or injury to feelings caused by the act complained of, even if they were unaware that the act complained of was discriminatory.