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  London Underground Ltd v Edwards (No.2) [1998] IRLR 364 CA (1 report relating to this case)

  • Sex discrimination: Meaning of "considerably smaller" proportion

    Date:

    1 July 1998

    In London Underground Ltd v Edwards (No.2), the Court of Appeal holds that a female train driver who was unable to comply with new rostering arrangements imposed by her employer was indirectly discriminated against on the ground of her sex.

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  London Underground Ltd v Edwards [1995] IRLR 355 EAT (1 report relating to this case)

  • Determining whether indirect discrimination is intentional

    Date:

    1 June 1995

    In London Underground Ltd v Edwards the EAT has held that in determining whether an indirectly discriminatory requirement or condition was applied with the intention to treat a woman less favourably on grounds of sex, so as to permit an award of compensation, intention can be inferred from an employer's knowledge of the unfavourable consequences for the claimant as a woman.

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  London Underground Ltd v Ferenc-Batchelor; Harding v London Underground Ltd [2003] IRLR 252 EAT (1 report relating to this case)

  • Statutory right to be accompanied: EAT considers when statutory right to be accompanied arises

    Date:

    18 July 2003

    In London Underground Ltd v Ferenc-Batchelor and Harding v London Underground Ltd, the EAT holds an "informal oral warning" - which was in fact confirmed in writing, continued to have effect for up to 12 months, formed part of the employee's disciplinary record and could be taken into account by management if a formal disciplinary process was instigated - in reality constituted a "formal warning", giving rise to the statutory right of the employee to be accompanied to the disciplinary hearings that resulted in that warning being given.

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  London Underground Ltd v National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers [1995] IRLR 636 CA (1 report relating to this case)

  • Industrial action: Participation of new members does not invalidate strike ballot

    Date:

    1 November 1995

    A trade union is not required to restrict its call for industrial action to those of its members who were members at the date of the ballot and who were given an opportunity to vote in it, holds the Court of Appeal in London Underground Ltd v National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers.

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  Lord Chancellor's Department v Coker and Osamor [2001] IRLR 116 EAT (1 report relating to this case)

  • Sex and race discrimination: Appointment of "special adviser" did not amount to indirect discrimination

    Date:

    15 February 2001

    Despite the fact that, in appointing a "special adviser", the Lord Chancellor had applied a requirement that any appointee should be personally known to him, there was no disproportionate impact on gender or racial grounds, notwithstanding the fact that the Lord Chancellor's "area of association" was likely to be "skewed" against women and ethnic minorities, holds the EAT in The Lord Chancellor and another v Coker and Osamor.

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  Lovett v Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council [2001] EWCA Civ 12 CA (1 report relating to this case)

  • Lovett v Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council

    Date:

    31 December 2001

    In Lovett v Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council [2001] EWCA Civ 12 CA, the Court of Appeal held that a clause that had been incorporated into an employee's written statement of employment particulars did not form part of his contract of employment because he had not agreed to it.

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  Loxley v BAE Systems (Munitions & Ordnance) Ltd [2008] IRLR 853 EAT (1 report relating to this case)

  • Age discrimination: Tribunal should have had regard to disadvantage suffered by employee

    Date:

    29 September 2008

    In Loxley v BAE Systems Land Systems (Munitions & Ordnance) Ltd EAT/0156/08, the EAT held that an employment tribunal must have regard to the disadvantage sustained by an employee in order to determine whether or not the employer's treatment of the employee was a proportionate response to a legitimate aim.

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  Lucas v Chichester Diocesan Housing Association Ltd [2005] All ER (D) 92 (Feb) EAT (1 report relating to this case)

  • Whistleblowing update

    Date:

    18 August 2006

    Legislation protecting whistleblowers was introduced seven years ago. This article reviews the legislation and considers some of the substantial body of case law arising out of it. It also looks at the components of an effective whistleblowing policy.

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  Luce v London Borough of Bexley [1990] IRLR 422 EAT (1 report relating to this case)

  • Time off: Parliamentary lobby not a trade union activity

    Date:

    5 September 1990

    An industrial tribunal was entitled to find that, in the circumstances of this case, lobbying of Parliament was not a trade union activity entitling union members to time off.

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  Lucy and others v British Airways plc EAT/0033/08 (1 report relating to this case)

  • Lucy and others v British Airways plc

    Date:

    19 January 2009

    The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that an employment tribunal did not have jurisdiction to hear claims against British Airways for non-payment of flying allowances to cabin crew who had not been able to fly because of an airport closure.