Court of Appeal confirms that expatriate employee is protected by British employment law

Jeffery v British Council; Green v SIG Trading Ltd [2019] IRLR 123 CA

territorial jurisdiction | employees working abroad | sufficiently strong connection

In Jeffery v British Council; Green v SIG Trading Ltd [2019] IRLR 123 CA, the Court of Appeal held that whether or not an expatriate employee has sufficiently strong connections with Great Britain to come within the scope of British employment law is a question of fact, but that such an evaluation is a question of law.