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  I Lab Facilities Ltd v Metcalfe and others [2013] IRLR 605 EAT (2 reports relating to this case)

  • TUPE: Employees not transferring were not "affected employees"

    Date:

    24 July 2013

    In I Lab Facilities Ltd v Metcalfe and others [2013] IRLR 605 EAT, the EAT held that an employment tribunal had been wrong to uphold claims under reg.13 of TUPE in respect of a failure to inform and consult representatives of employees of that part of an insolvent business that was not sold. The duty to inform and consult arose only in respect of those employees employed in the wholly distinct part of the business that was sold and transferred.

  • TUPE consultation: EAT considers definition of "affected employees"

    Date:

    8 May 2013

    The Employment Appeal Tribunal has considered the definition of "affected employees" in the context of a TUPE transfer and the obligation to inform and consult.

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  IB v Greece 3 October 2013 ECHR (1 report relating to this case)

  • HIV/AIDS: Greek employer breached human rights of worker dismissed after testing HIV positive

    Date:

    7 October 2013

    The European Court of Human Rights has held that a Greek employer breached the human rights of an HIV-positive employee who was dismissed as a result of pressure from colleagues.

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  Ibarz v University of Sheffield EAT/0018/15 (1 report relating to this case)

  • Case round-up

    Date:

    1 December 2015

    Krishna Santra and Sandra Martins are senior associates at Colman Coyle Solicitors. They round up the latest rulings.

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  Ibekwe v London General Transport Services Ltd [2003] IRLR 697 CA (2 reports relating to this case)

  • Case round-up: communicating pensions changes; and dismissal for conduct outside work

    Date:

    11 November 2003

    This week's case round-up from Eversheds, covering: communicating pensions changes; and dismissal for 'disreputable' conduct outside work.

  • Employer's liability: Extent of employer's duty to take reasonable steps to inform employee of contractual term

    Date:

    7 November 2003

    In Ibekwe v London General Transport Services Ltd, the Court of Appeal holds that an employee's claim for damages for loss, resulting from his employer's alleged failure to inform him of his option to transfer accrued pension benefits to a new pension scheme, could not succeed.

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  Ibex Trading Co Ltd (in administration) v Walton [1994] IRLR 564 EAT (1 report relating to this case)

  The Court of Appeal in Spaceright Europe Ltd v Baillavoine and another decided that, for there to be an automatically unfair dismissal under TUPE, there does not need to have been a particular transfer or transferee in existence or in contemplation at the at the time of the dismissal. The Court of Appeal disapproved the EAT on this point.

  • Transfer of undertakings: No prospective purchaser at time of dismissal

    Date:

    1 October 1994

    Employees who were dismissed before any offer had been made to buy their employer's business were not dismissed by reason of a transfer, or for a reason connected with that transfer, holds the EAT in Ibex Trading Co Ltd (in administration) v (1) Walton and others (2) Alpine (Double Glazing) Co Ltd.

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  Ibrahim v HCA International Ltd [2019] IRLR 690 EAT (1 report relating to this case)

  • EAT rules that defamation complaint can form basis of whistleblowing claim

    Date:

    30 January 2019

    In Ibrahim v HCA International Ltd, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that the worker's complaint that false rumours had been spread about him is an allegation of defamation and a disclosure of information that tends to show a breach of a legal obligation under the whistleblowing provisions.

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  Ice Hockey Super League Ltd v Henry EAT/1167/99 (1 report relating to this case)

  • Race discrimination: Work permit requirement a material difference preventing "like-with-like" comparison

    Date:

    1 September 2001

    An ice hockey player who did not require a work permit to gain employment in the UK could not compare himself with those players who did require a work permit for the purposes of his race discrimination claim, holds the EAT in Henry v Ice Hockey Super League Ltd.

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  Iceland Frozen Foods Ltd v Jones [1982] IRLR 439 EAT (1 report relating to this case)

  • Reasonableness: EAT reviews the test of reasonableness

    Date:

    19 October 1982

    In Iceland Frozen Foods v Jones the EAT has reviewed the decisions on the test of reasonableness as required by s.57(3) of the EP(C)A. They stress the importance of considering the range of reasonable responses and warn against the test which states that a dismissal is unfair only if no sensible or reasonable employer could have arrived at that decision, as this approach could result in a misunderstanding of the law.

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  ICTS (UK) Ltd v Tchoula [2000] IRLR 643 EAT (1 report relating to this case)

  • EAT gives guidance on injury to feelings

    Date:

    1 September 2000

    In ICTS (UK) Ltd v Tchoula the EAT has found that an award of £27,000 for injury to feelings, including aggravated damages, to a black man who was found to have been dismissed because he had made allegations of race discrimination was so excessive as to amount to an error of law.

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  ICTS UK LTD v Mahdi and others [2016] IRLR 113 EAT (1 report relating to this case)

  • Case round-up

    Date:

    27 January 2016

    Amanda Steadman is a professional support lawyer, Iain Naylor, Lucy Sorell and Rachael Wake are associates, and Jessica-Alice Curtis is a trainee solicitor at Addleshaw Goddard LLP. They round up the latest rulings.