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|  2 Nov - 'Unjustifiable discipline' - key case | |
| James Laddie acted for Mrs Massey in her claim for compensation against the trade union on whose National Executive Committee she used to sit. |
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| Robinson-Steele; Marshalls Clay (2006) | |
| On whether employers may ‘roll up’ holiday pay under the Working Time Directive |
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| Villalba v Merrill Lynch (2007) | |
| The highest value sex discrimination/equal pay claim to have been fought in the Employment Tribunal |
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| Lawson v Serco Ltd (2006) | |
| On the extraterritorial effect of the Employment Rights Act 1996. |
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| R (Ultraframe (UK) Ltd) v Central Arbitration Committee (2005) | |
| On the powers of the CAC to supervise ballots under the statutory recognition procedure under Schedule A1 to the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992. |
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| Murphy v Slough Borough Council (2005) | |
| The case concerned disability discrimination claims by teachers employed at schools with delegated budgets. Antony White QC and Aileen McColgan appeared for the Appellant. |
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| Igen v Wong (Chamberlin Solicitors & Emezie v Emokpae) (2005) | |
| Mathew Purchase was instructed by the successful appellants in one of the three joined cases which raised the issue of the new burden of proof in discrimination cases, the first to reach the Court of Appeal, which gave guidance on the proper approach. The particular appeal also concerned the comparison required in a sex discrimination claim involving office affairs. |
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| Jones v 3M Healthcare (2003) | |
| The House of Lords considered whether discriminatory acts done by an employer after termination of an employee's contract was outside the scope of the anti-discrimination legislation. Thomas Kibling and Karon Monaghan appeared. |
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| Dunnachie v Kingston-upon-Hull City Council (2004) | |
| Case concerning compensation for injury to feelings or psychiatric injury in unfair dismissal proceedings. Antony White QC and Tom Linden acted for Dunnachie in this case before the House of Lords. |
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| X v Y (2004) | |
| Karon Monaghan represented X in this case concerning unfair dismissal, gross misconduct and the right to respect for private and family life. The Court of Appeal considered the combined effect of s.3 and s.6 of the Human Rights Act 1998 on the unfair dismissal claim brought against a private sector employer. |
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| Heath v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis (2004) | |
| The case concerned the jurisdiction of the EAT in the case of a complaint of unlawful sex discrimination by a police disciplinary board. Cherie Booth QC appeared for Heath. |
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| Martin v South Bank University (2003) | |
| Case concerning the transfer of occupational pension rights and the scope for agreed variations to such rights in the context of the Acquired Rights Directive. Thomas Linden appeared. |
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| Crossley v Faithful & Gould Holdings Ltd (2004) | |
| Antony White QC acted for Crossley in this case concerning the employer's duty to safeguard the economic well-being of employees. The Claimant sought damages from his former employer for breach of the implied terms of his contract of employment. |
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