In Ms Y Chen v Coach Stores Ltd [2025] EAT 108, the claimant brought a claim in the employment tribunal (ET) alleging that her dismissal was unfair and/or discriminatory. However, the ET, acting by a legal officer, rejected the claim on the basis that the name of the respondent on the ET1 did not match… >>
In Jamshid Aslam v Transport UK London Bus Ltd [2025] EAT 113, the claimant alleged that the respondent withdrew a job offer after he told them about a tribunal claim against a previous employer. During the induction process, the claimant emailed the respondent to enquire whether he was treated differently from the other candidates for… >>
In Braunford LLP v Allain [2025] EWHC 1934 (Ch), the High Court considered a request for an expedited trial and other interim reliefs in a dispute with a defendant employee concerning the misuse of confidential information, infringements of intellectual property, and breaches of fiduciary duty. The defendant, an employee, was on garden leave for a… >>
In Leicester City Council v Parmar [2025] EWCA Civ 952, the Court of Appeal upheld the decisions of both the employment tribunal (ET) and the EAT that the claimant had been directly discriminated against on grounds of race. The claimant, a British national of Indian origin employed by Leicester City Council for over 30 years,… >>
The President of the Employment Tribunals in Scotland, Susan Walker, has published Presidential Guidance on open justice in employment tribunal proceedings in Scotland. The new Scottish guidance addresses observation of hearings in person and remotely, rules for observers to follow, live tweeting of hearings, access to witness statements and other case materials, transmission of the… >>
In Lutz v (1) Ryanair DAC (2) Storm Global/MCG Aviation [2025] EWCA Civ 849, the Court of Appeal has upheld the decision of the EAT that a pilot contracted to work for Ryanair through an agency was a worker employed by the agency (and not Ryanair), and that the Agency Workers Regulations 2010 protections apply… >>
In Sinclair Pharmaceuticals Limited v Burrell [2025] EWHC 1602 (KB), the High Court ruled on an application to set aside an order for delivery up obtained without notice to the first defendant (D1), a lawyer who had brought an employment tribunal claim for unfair dismissal. D1 and her husband (D2) alleged that confidential information relating… >>
In Pearson v Greenwood Academies Trust (Case No: 3311389/2023), an employment tribunal (ET) has ordered a school trust to pay £248,184 to a teacher it fired after she failed to report concerns about a pregnant student, ruling that the trust was shifting blame for an institutional failure. The ET ruled that Greenwood Academies Trust in… >>
In Stedman v Haven Leisure Ltd [2025] EAT 82, the claimant applied for a role with Haven Leisure Ltd. He was not successful and brought a claim of disability discrimination in relation to the handling of his application, citing his Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). At a preliminary hearing to… >>