EMPLOYMENT LAW CASE NOTES

X v Mid-Sussex Citizens Advice Bureau and Another [2012] UKSC 59
11 January 2013
Member(s) of Chambers involved in this case: Kassie Smith QC

The Supreme Court has recently upheld earlier rulings of the Employment Appeal Tribunal and the Court of Appeal that voluntary work does not fall within the concept of an "occupation" in Article 3(1)(a) of the EU ...

R (on the application of Low) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] I.C.R. 755
8 July 2010
Author(s): Ligia Osepciu
Member(s) of Chambers involved in this case: Ian Rogers

The Court of Appeal in R (on the application of Low) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] 2 C.M.L.R. 34 [2010] I.C.R. 755 [2010] EWCA Civ 4 has given an important judgment holding that companies established in the European ...

Rutherford and Bentley v Harvest Town Circle Ltd ~ This case provides welcome and simple guidance on the correct pool for the purpose of establishing disparate impact.
3 October 2003
Member(s) of Chambers involved in this case: Melanie Hall QC

The issues in this widely reported case arose out of Section 109(1)(b) of the Employment Rights Act 1996 ("the ERA") which, so far as material to the Rutherford case imposes an upper age limit of 65 for a person bringing a claim ...