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Amicus v Macmillan Publishers Ltd [2007] IRLR 885 EAT
(1 other report)
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- 15 October 2007
Where the Central Arbitration Committee has found an employer to be in breach of certain obligations under the Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations 2004, the EAT may order the employer to pay a financial penalty to the secretary of state. In the first case to arise on this point, Amicus v MacMillan Publishers Ltd EAT/0185/07, the EAT ordered the employer to pay £55,000 in respect of a "very grave" breach.
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Bristol City Council v Deadman [2007] IRLR 888 CA (0 other reports)
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McAdie v Royal Bank of Scotland plc [2007] IRLR 895 CA
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Paterson v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [2007] IRLR 763 EAT
(1 other report)
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- 29 October 2007
In Paterson v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [2007] IRLR 763, the EAT held that a policeman who suffered from dyslexia, which disadvantaged him when undergoing assessment for promotion, had an impairment that had a substantial and long-term adverse effect on his ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities. The dyslexia therefore amounted to a disability within the meaning of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.
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