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  Kücükdeveci v Swedex GmbH & Co KG [2010] IRLR 346 ECJ (1 report relating to this case)

  • Age discrimination: Age-related notice periods are discriminatory

    Date:

    19 May 2010

    In Kücükdeveci v Swedex GmbH & Co KG [2010] IRLR 346 ECJ, the ECJ held that German law that excludes employment below the age of 25 when calculating minimum statutory notice periods based on length of service amounts to unjustified age discrimination contrary to the Equal Treatment Framework Directive.

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  Kuddus v Chief Constable of Leicestershire Constabulary [2001] UKHL 29 (1 report relating to this case)

  • Kuddus v Chief Constable of Leicestershire Constabulary

    Date:

    31 December 2001

    In Kuddus v Chief Constable of Leicestershire Constabulary [2001] UKHL 29, the House of Lords allowed an appeal against a strike out of a claim for exemplary damages for the tort of misfeasance. It held that exemplary damages were not restricted to causes of action for which exemplary damages had been awarded prior to 1964. The House of Lords did not expressly decide whether exemplary damages should be available in discrimination cases.

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  Kulkarni v Milton Keynes Hospital NHS Trust and Secretary of State for Health [2009] IRLR 829 CA (1 report relating to this case)

  • Disciplinary hearings: Doctors entitled to legal representation at disciplinary hearings

    Date:

    28 October 2009

    In Kulkarni v Milton Keynes Hospital NHS Trust and Secretary of State for Health [2009] IRLR 829 CA, the Court of Appeal held that NHS doctors subject to disciplinary proceedings are entitled to be represented at any disciplinary hearing by a qualified lawyer instructed by their medical protection organisation.

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  Kuzel v Roche Products Ltd [2008] IRLR 530 CA (1 report relating to this case)

  • Whistleblowing: Burden of proof

    Date:

    30 June 2008

    In Kuzel v Roche Products Ltd [2008] IRLR 530, the Court of Appeal held that, having rejected the potentially fair reason for dismissal put forward by the employer, the tribunal was not obliged to accept the automatically unfair reason put forward by the employee. It was entitled to find that the employer had at least proved that this was not the reason for dismissal.

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  Kwamin v Abbey National plc and other appeals [2004] IRLR 516 EAT (1 report relating to this case)

  • Points of procedure

    Date:

    26 November 2004

    A review of recent significant cases on practice and procedure in the employment tribunals, EAT and Court of Appeal.

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  Kwik-Fit (GB) Ltd v Lineham [1992] IRLR 156 EAT (1 report relating to this case)

  • Dismissal: Special circumstances should delay acceptance of resignation

    Date:

    1 May 1992

    In Kwik-Fit (GB) Ltd v Lineham the EAT holds that an industrial tribunal was entitled to find that an employee who resigned in the heat of the moment was dismissed unfairly.

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  Kyamanywa v Hackney London Borough Council [2003] All ER (D) 62 (Jun) CA (1 report relating to this case)

  • Points of procedure: part 2

    Date:

    16 April 2004

    The second of our two-part feature on noteworthy decisions in practice and procedure at the employment tribunals and EAT looks at bias, the right to a fair hearing and a range of other issues.