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  X County Council and another v D and another EAT/0155/12 (1 report relating to this case)

  • Case round-up

    Date:

    1 December 2012

    Georgina Kyriacou and David Malamentenios are partners and Melissa Powys-Rogrigues, Sandra Martins, Colin Makin and Krishna Santra are associates at Colman Coyle Solicitors. They round up the latest rulings.

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  X v Commission of the European Communities [1995] IRLR 320 ECJ (1 report relating to this case)

  • X v Commission of the European Communities

    Date:

    1 June 1995

    In X v Commission of the European Communities [1995] IRLR 320 ECJ, the European Court of Justice held that, under the European Convention on Human Rights an individual has the right to refuse to undergo a medical examination, and that this right must be respected.

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  X v Mid Sussex Citizens Advice Bureau and another [2010] IRLR 101 EAT (1 report relating to this case)

  • X v Mid Sussex Citizens' Advice Bureau and another

    Date:

    10 November 2009

    The Employment Appeal Tribunal has upheld an employment tribunal decision that a volunteer was unable to bring a claim of disability discrimination against the organisation for which she volunteered when it ended the arrangement.

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  X v Mid Sussex Citizens Advice Bureau and another [2013] IRLR 146 SC (2 reports relating to this case)

  • Disability discrimination: Volunteers not covered by discrimination legislation

    Date:

    30 March 2013

    In X v Mid Sussex Citizens' Advice Bureau and another [2013] IRLR 146 SC, the Supreme Court held that the Equal Treatment Framework Directive does not encompass volunteers within the scope of "occupation". Accordingly, a volunteer who was not engaged under a worker's contract was not protected by the domestic legislation.

  • Supreme Court confirms volunteer not covered by disability discrimination law

    Date:

    18 December 2012

    The Supreme Court has upheld the Court of Appeal decision that an unpaid volunteer with no contract was not protected by the (now repealed) Disability Discrimination Act 1995 and that the Equal Treatment Framework Directive (2000/78/EC) does not cover voluntary activity. 

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  X v Mid Sussex Citizens Advice Bureau and others [2011] EWCA Civ 28 CA (2 reports relating to this case)

  • Employment status: Unpaid volunteer could not claim the protection of the Disability Rights Act or Framework Directive

    Date:

    27 June 2011

    In X v Mid Sussex Citizens’ Advice Bureau and others [2011] EWCA Civ 28 CA, the Court of Appeal held that a volunteer at a Citizens’ Advice Bureau was not an employee for the purposes of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 and could not therefore claim disability discrimination when she was asked to stop her voluntary work.

  • Volunteer worker not covered by disability discrimination law

    Date:

    2 February 2011

    The Court of Appeal has held that an unpaid voluntary worker was not protected by the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 and the Equal Treatment Framework Directive does not extend to volunteers. 

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  X v Stevens [2003] IRLR 411 EAT (1 report relating to this case)

  • Points of procedure: part 2

    Date:

    16 April 2004

    The second of our two-part feature on noteworthy decisions in practice and procedure at the employment tribunals and EAT looks at bias, the right to a fair hearing and a range of other issues.

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  X v The Governing Body of a School [2015] UKUT 7 (AAC) (1 report relating to this case)

  • Definition of disability: guidance on exclusion of "tendency to physically abuse"

    Date:

    8 May 2015

    In DLA Piper's latest case report, the upper tribunal in a special educational needs case provides guidance on the exclusion from the definition of a disability under the Equality Act 2010 of a "tendency to physical abuse of others".

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  X v Y [1999] ET/1805409/98 (1 report relating to this case)

  • Woman harassed man

    Date:

    1 March 2000

    In X v Y a Leeds employment tribunal (Chair: P Hildebrand) has found that a woman who was dismissed for sexually harassing and intimidating a male colleague was not discriminated against on grounds of sex.

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  X v Y [2003] IRLR 561 EAT (2 reports relating to this case)

  • Unfair dismissal: Dismissal not incompatible with employee's human rights

    Date:

    1 November 2003

    In X v Y, the EAT holds that an employment tribunal was right to find that an employee who worked with young offenders was fairly dismissed after being cautioned for an act of gross indecency with another man in a public toilet and failing to disclose this to his employer.

  • Case round-up: dismissal for gross misconduct; and reasonable time off for public duties

    Date:

    1 July 2003

    This week's case round-up by Eversheds, covering: dismissal for gross misconduct; and reasonable time off work for public duties.

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  X v Y [2004] IRLR 625 CA (3 reports relating to this case)

  • Employers must be reasonable about impact on human rights

    Date:

    26 April 2005

    Employers can win claims of breaches in human rights if they show they took justified and proportionate steps.

  • X v Y

    Date:

    1 August 2004

    In X v Y [2004] IRLR 625 CA, the Court of Appeal held that the applicant had been fairly dismissed from his job working with youth offenders after he had been cautioned for gross indecency with another man in a public toilet and failed to disclose the fact that he had committed a criminal offence to his employers.

  • Case round-up: costs orders for unreasonable behaviour; and gross misconduct dismissals

    Date:

    22 June 2004

    This week's case round-up from Eversheds, looking at: costs orders for unreasonable behaviour; and gross misconduct dismissals.