On appeal: Equal pay, stress and clear covenants

This report relates to 5 case(s)

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  Bishop v Baker Refractories Ltd [2002] IRLR 263 CA (0 other reports)
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  Somerset County Council v Barber [2002] IRLR 263 CA (0 other reports)
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  South Ayrshire Council v Morton [2002] IRLR 256 CS (3 other reports)

  • Equal value update

    Date:

    1 May 2003

    Kate Godwin charts the recent developments on equal pay and reports on key equal value cases.

  • Equal pay: Teacher can compare pay with that in another authority

    Date:

    15 April 2002

    In South Ayrshire Council v Morton, the Inner House of the Court of Session holds that a teacher could compare her pay with an employee in another local authority for the purposes of an equal pay claim.

  • Wide scope for equal pay comparison

    Date:

    1 March 2002

    In South Ayrshire Council v Morton (14 February 2002), the Inner House of the Court of Session has ruled that an equal pay claim does not have to be confined to the claimant's own employer.

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  Sutherland v Hatton [2002] IRLR 263 CA (3 other reports)

  • Managing stress returnees

    Date:

    1 September 2002

    When staff return from sick leave due to stress the onus is on the employer to ensure their workload is appropriate, the Court of Appeal has ruled, by Nicholas Moore.

  • Employers' liability: Court of Appeal guidelines for stress at work cases

    Date:

    25 March 2002

    In Sutherland v Hatton, the Court of Appeal heard four appeals against county court judgments, related only by their subject matter. In each, a defendant employer appealed against a finding of liability for psychiatric illness caused by stress at work.

  • Court of Appeal issues guidelines on stress claims

    Date:

    1 March 2002

    In Sutherland v Hatton and others, the Court of Appeal strips three victims of work-related stress of damages, upholding the employers' appeals against county court judgments. In their judgment on 5 February 2002, Lady Justice Hale, Lord Justice Brooke and Lord Justice Kay also took the opportunity to lay down guidelines for claims for occupational stress cases.

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  Ward Evans Financial Services Ltd v Fox and another [2002] IRLR 120 CA (2 other reports)

  • Keeping secrets and not competing

    Date:

    18 November 2005

    A round-up of developments in the implied duty of confidentiality and express contractual terms on confidential information and restraints on competition.

  • Case roundup: reducing awards and breach of contract

    Date:

    28 May 2002

    This week's case roundup from Eversheds, covering reducing awards and breach of contract.