Employment tribunals and courts

New and updated

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Case round-up

  Ceri Hughes, David Parry, and Carly Mather, associates at Addleshaw Goddard, detail the latest rulings.

• Date:

  22 July 2010

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  Costs: pursuing claim purely for declaration of unfair dismissal is unreasonable behaviour

  The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that, in the context of costs applications, it is unreasonable behaviour for a claimant to pursue an unfair dismissal claim purely for the purpose of obtaining a declaration that he or she was unfairly dismissed.

• Date:

  24 June 2010

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  Court of Appeal publishes full judgment overturning British Airways strike injunction

  The Court of Appeal has handed down its full judgment overturning an injunction preventing British Airways cabin crew from striking. 

• Date:

  21 June 2010

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  Conditional resignation does not trigger effective date of termination

  The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that the date of a conditional resignation cannot constitute the effective date of termination regardless of any agreement between the employer and employee. 

• Date:

  14 June 2010

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  Redundancy: Customer request did not justify failure to consult

  In Shanahan Engineering v Unite the Union EAT/0411/09, the EAT held that an employment tribunal was right to find that, in relation to collective redundancy consultation, although a customer's instruction amounted to "special circumstances", absolving the employer of the need to start consultation 30 days in advance of the first redundancy, it did not absolve it of all obligations to consult. However, the tribunal should have taken into account the special circumstances of the case in setting the level of the protective award.

• Type:

  Quick reference

  Time limits for bringing tribunal claims - dismissal

  A table setting out the time limits for bringing tribunal claims for dismissal.

• Type:

  Quick reference

  Time limits for bringing tribunal claims - union membership/activities

  A table setting out the time limits for bringing tribunal claims relating to union membership or activities.

• Type:

  Quick reference

  Time limits for bringing tribunal claims - pay

  A table setting out the time limits for bringing tribunal claims relating to pay.

• Type:

  Quick reference

  Time limits for bringing tribunal claims - redundancy/transfer of undertakings

  A table setting out the time limits for bringing tribunal claims in relation to redundancy or transfer of undertakings.

• Type:

  Quick reference

  Time limits for bringing tribunal claims - working time regulations

  A table setting out the time limits for bringing tribunal claims for a breach of working time regulations.