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Issue 33
Welcome back to 'Five from 5 Essex Court' the employment law e-bulletin created by our highly regarded employment team. The bulletin is published in association with Bloomsbury Professional.
Paranoid Delusions and Disability
In Sullivan v Bury Street Capital Ltd [2021] EWCA Civ 1694, the Court of Appeal decided that a tribunal had been entitled to find that a claimant, who suffered from paranoid delusions that he was being monitored and followed by a gang of Russian nationals, following a short relationship with a Ukrainian woman, was not disabled within the meaning of EqA 2010...
Horseplay OK
Employers will no doubt be breathing a large collective sigh of relief at the recent Court of Appeal decision in Chell v Tarmac Cement upholding the decisions below ...
Navigating the “new normal”: the COVID-19 workplace
The past two years have brought a rush of new terms to the workplace. New entries to the Oxford English Dictionary during 2020 included “self-isolation”, “social distancing”, “elbow bump”, “WFH”, and, as a verb, “to Zoom”...
The troublesome case of vicarious liability for police forces
The principle of vicarious liability is one that is unique within the justice system. It looks beyond the primary tortfeasor’s liability and applies liability to an otherwise innocent party – the employer - who may or may not have any knowledge of the injury and how it came about ...
Recovering Holiday Pay as part of a ‘series’ of Deductions
by Daniel Hobbs
In Smith v Pimlico Plumbers Ltd, the Court of Appeal looked again at the recovery of holiday pay by employees. One of the devices used by the tribunal to limit the recovery of historic unpaid holiday claims derives from the EAT case of Bear Scotland Ltd v Fulton ...
Guest Editor:
Richard Oulton is a barrister at 5 Essex Court. He specialises in employment and commercial law, and is highly commended by his public and private sector clients.
