Key Employment Law Cases for 2007

Note: The jurisdiction referred to below relates to where a hearing or a decision is pending.

A. Transfer of undertakings and collective redundancies
1. Hynd v David J Armstrong and others – CS – judgment awaited
2. Computershare Investor Services plc v Jackson – CA – pending
3. Jouini v PPS Personal Service GmbH, C-458/05 – ECJ – AG Opinion 22 March
4. Radke v Achterberg Service GmbH & Co KG, C-115/06 – ECJ – pending
5. Athinaiki v Panagiotidis C-270/05 – ECJ – AG Opinion awaited
6. UK Coal Mining Ltd v National Union of Mineworkers – EAT – April

B. Trade union rights
7. Viking Line ABP v International Transport Workers’ Federation, C-438/05 – Hearing 10 January 2007
8. Laval un Partneri Ltd v Svenska Byggnadsarbetareforbundet, C-341/05 – ECJ – Hearing 9 January 2007
9. ASLEF v United Kingdom – ECHR – pending

C. Trade union membership
10. Massey v Amicus – CA – pending

D. Health and safety issues
11. Commission v United Kingdom, C-127/05 – Advocate General’s Opinion 18 January 2007
12. Deadman v Bristol City Council – CA – pending

E. Working time
13. Stringer v Revenue Commissioners – ECJ – pending
14. Schultz-Hoff v Deutsche Rentenversicherrung Bund, C-350/06 – ECJ – pending
15. Hassall and others v BBC (Scotland) – EAT – March

F. Whistleblowing
16. Bolton School v Evans – HL – leave applied for
17. Babula v Waltham Forest College – CA – Feb/Mar
18. Felter v Cliveden Petroleum Co Ltd – CA – judgment awaited
19. Kuzel v Roche Products Ltd – EAT – 30 January
20. Lake v British Transport Police –– CA – 18 April

G. Employment status
21. Patel v Royal Bank of Scotland – EAT – February/March
22. James v Redcats Ltd – EAT – 5 February
23. Stewart v New Testament Church – CA – leave applied for

H. Contracts of employment
24. Wetherill v Birmingham City Council – CA – 25 April
25. Takacs v Barclays Services Jersey Ltd – HC - March
26. Marti-Sanchez v Nomura – HC – November
27. Keen v Commerzbank – HL – Leave to appeal applied for
28. Bull v Nottinghamshire Fire & Rescue – CA – 27 February
29. McCarthy v McCarthy & Stone – CA – pending
30. Mainstream Properties Ltd v Young – HL – judgment awaited

I. National Minimum Wage
31. Commissioners for Revenue and Customs v Leisure Employment Services Ltd– CA – 16 January

J. Unfair dismissal
32. Anderson v Stena Drilling Pte Ltd – CS - pending

K. Tribunal procedure
33. Vaseghi v Brunel University – CA - May
34. Sterling Developments v Pagano – EAT – pending

L. Human Rights
35. R (Malik) v Waltham Forest Primary Care Trust – CA – judgment awaited
36. Redfearn v United Kingdom – ECHR – pending
37. Jananayagam v Commonwealth Secretariat – EAT – judgment awaited

M. Part-time workers
38. McMenemy v Capita Business Services – CS – 16 February

N. Fixed-term workers
39. Impact v Minister for Agriculture and Food, C-268/06 – ECJ - pending

O. Pregnancy and Maternity
40. Kiiski v Tampereen kaupunki, C-116/06 – ECJ – Hearing 8 February 2007
41. Paquay v Société d’architectes Hoet + Minne SPRL, C-460/06 – ECJ – pending

P. Equal pay
42. Potter v North Cumbria Acute Hospitals – ET decision – appeal likely
43. South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council v Middleton – CA – pending
44. Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council v Bainbridge No.2 – EAT – late January
45. Carmichael v Newcastle NHS Trust – ET – pending
46. Blackburn v Chief Constable of West Midlands Police – EAT – pending
47. Joss v Cumbria County Council – EAT - 18 May 2007
48. Hill v North Cumbria Learning Disabilities and Mental Health Trust – ET – September
49. Cadman v Health & Safety Executive No.2 – CA – pending
50. Voss v Land Berlin, C-300/06 – ECJ – pending
51. Office national des pensions v Jonkman, C-231/06 – ECJ – Hearing 1 March 2007

Q. Sex and race discrimination
52. Allen v GMB – EAT – 12/13 February
53. Grundy v British Airways plc – CA – 26/27 February
54. Starmer v British Airways plc – CA – March
55. R v Rogers – Meaning of racial group – HL – 1 February 2007
56. R (on the application of Al Rawi) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs – HL – pending
57. Carter v Ahsan – HL – July
58. BMA v Chaudhary – CA – judgment awaited

R. Victimisation
59. Derbyshire v St Helens Borough Council – HL – 28 February

S. Religious discrimination
60. Glasgow City Council v McNab – EAT – judgment awaited
61. Azmi v Kirklees Borough Council – EAT – pending

T. Sexual orientation discrimination
62. Maruko v Versorgungsanstalt der deutschen Bühnen, C-267/06 – ECJ – pending

V. Age discrimination
67. R (on the application of the Incorporated Trustees of the National Council
on Ageing v Secretary of State for Trade and Industry – ECJ – pending
68. Lindorfer v Council of the European Union, C-227/04 – ECJ – Advocate General’s Opinion 30 November 2006
69. Palacios de la Villa v Cortifiel Servicios SA, C-411/05 – ECJ – Advocate General’s Opinion 15 February 2007
70. Garcia v Confederacion Hidrografica del Duero, C-87/07 – ECJ – pending