In Forrest v Amazon Web Services EMEA SARL UK Branch [2025] EAT 81, the EAT considered strike out under what is now Rule 38(1)(c) of the Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024 (ET Rules 2024), SI 2024/1155. The claimant, a litigant in person, brought claims while still employed by the respondent, including for direct and indirect… >>
An employment tribunal (ET) has dismissed a teacher’s claim that she lost her job after blowing the whistle during a feud over the handling of a child who wished to change gender. Employment Judge Peter McTigue said in a decision published 23 May 2025 that Nottinghamshire County Council in central England did not unfairly dismiss… >>
In Shanks v Scottish Qualifications Authority, Case Number 8001728/2024, a Scottish employment tribunal has ruled that exam invigilators for the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) enjoy worker status and deserve holiday pay, rejecting arguments that their situation was analogous to Deliveroo riders.
In Augustine v Data Cars Ltd [2025] EWCA Civ 658, the Court of Appeal dismissed the claimant’s appeal under the Part-time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000 (PTW Regs 2000), SI 2000/1551, concerning a flat-rate ‘circuit fee’ imposed equally on all drivers regardless of hours worked. The claimant, a part-time minicab driver, argued… >>
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has provided an update on its upcoming consultation on the statutory Code of Practice for services, public functions and associations, following the Supreme Court’s judgment in For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers. According to the update, the consultation is set to run from 19 May 2025 to 30… >>
In Handa v Station Hotel [2025] EAT 62, the EAT (HHJ Auerbach sitting alone) considered an appeal against a decision of the employment tribunal to strike out the claimant’s claims of detriment on grounds of whistleblowing (protected disclosure) against the fourth and fifth respondents, both external HR consultants. The fourth respondent had investigated grievances raised… >>
In Dethling v The Metropolitan Police Service [2025] EAT 58, the claimant attempted to amend her existing complaints of disability, race and sex discrimination to include a complaint of victimisation following a letter sent by her former employer’s solicitors warning of the imminent filing of a theft report over her warrant card, which she had… >>
Special consideration should be given to the unique circumstances and difficulties involved in bringing discrimination claim when determining whether to award costs under the Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024 (ET Rules 2024), particularly where the claimant is a litigant in person (LiP) or was at the time the claim was brought, according to the EAT… >>
In For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers [2025] UKSC 16, the Supreme Court held that the words ‘sex’, ‘woman’ and ‘man’ in sections 11 and 212(1) of the Equality Act 2010 (EqA 2010) mean biological sex, biological woman and biological man, with the effect that: • a trans man with a gender recognition… >>