Employment law cases

Shanahan Engineering v Unite the Union EAT/0411/09

Reports relating to this case:

  • Redundancy: Customer request did not justify failure to consult

    Date:
    14 June 2010

    In Shanahan Engineering v Unite the Union EAT/0411/09, the EAT held that an employment tribunal was right to find that, in relation to collective redundancy consultation, although a customer's instruction amounted to "special circumstances", absolving the employer of the need to start consultation 30 days in advance of the first redundancy, it did not absolve it of all obligations to consult. However, the tribunal should have taken into account the special circumstances of the case in setting the level of the protective award.

  • Case round-up

    Date:
    1 March 2010

    Susannah Jarvis (associate) and Kate Williams (professional support lawyer), Addleshaw Goddard, analyse important recent rulings.