Hewlett Packard Ltd v O’Murphy [2002] IRLR 4 EAT

Employment status: Computer specialist not an employee as no contract of any kind existed between the parties

Date:

15 December 2001

In Hewlett Packard Ltd v O'Murphy, the EAT holds that a computer specialist was not an employee of the company to which he provided his services - Hewlett Packard - as there was no contractual relationship of any kind between them.