Key Cases 2012-2013

Key Employment and Discrimination Cases 2012-2013

Thank you for your interest in the text of Michael Rubenstein's lecture "Key Employment and Discrimination Cases for 2012-2013", given in England, Northern Ireland and Scotland during
October 2012. It flags up cases that are currently pending before the courts. It covers cases coming up across the whole of employment law, which as usual comprises a substantial portion of discrimination-related claims.

Equal Opportunities Review subscribers can access the full text of the lecture in the November 2012 issue (EOR 230).

List of Key Employment and Discrimination Cases for 2012-2013

Contracts of employment

1. Société Générale London Branch v Geys – Sup Ct – 17 Oct
2. McAlarney v AIB Group (UK) plc t/a First Bank – NICA – pending
3. Scargill v National Union of Mineworkers – CA – pending
4. Coulson v Newsgroup Newspapers Ltd – CA – 8 Nov
5. West London Mental Health Trust v Chhabra – CA - Dec
6. George v Ministry of Defence – CA – 18 Dec
7. Sindicato dos Bancarios do Norto v BPN Banco Portuigues de Negocios, C-128/12 – CJEU - pending

Employment status

8. X v Mid-Sussex Citizen’s Advice Bureau – Sup Ct – 31 Oct
9. O’Brien v Ministry of Justice – Sup Ct – 21 Nov
10. Quashie v Stringfellow Restaurants Ltd – CA – 12 Nov
11. President of the Methodist Conference v Preston – Sup Ct – pending
12. Hudson v Department for Work and Pensions – CA – 17 Oct

Unfair dismissal

13. Turner v East Midlands Trains – CA – 9 Oct
14. Hill v Great Tey Primary School – EAT – Dec
15. Christou v London Borough of Haringey – CA – 18 Feb
16. Peat v Birmingham City Council – CA – 26 Nov
17. Compass Group v Dukes-MacLennan – EAT – pending
18. Ma v North East London NHS Trust – ET part-heard

Redundancy

19. Devon Primary Care Trust v Readman – CA – 5 Feb

Transfer of undertakings

20. Parkwood Leisure v Alemo-Herron, C-426/11 – CJEU – Advocate General’s Opinion 31 Jan
21. Key2Law (Surrey) LLP v v De’Antiquis – Sup Ct – 2 July
22. Hunter v McCarrick – CA – 16 Oct
23. Cornwall Council v National Union of Teachers – EAT – 11 Jan
24. UNISON v Sefton Council – ET – pending
25. Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association v London Underground Ltd – ET – 6 Nov
     
Collective redundancies

26. United States of America v Nolan – CJEU – judgment 18 October
27. University of Stirling v University and College Union – CS – 23 April
28. USDAW v WW Realisation 1 Ltd (in liquidation) – EAT – permission applied for
     
Working time

29. Reimann v Philipp Halter GmbH, C-317/11 – CJEU – pending
30. Heimann v Kaiser Gmbh, C-229/11 – CJEU - pending
31. Garcia v Centros Comerciales Carrefour SA, C-194/12 – CJEU - pending
32. Williams v British Airways plc – Sup Ct – judgment 17 October

Trade union rights and industrial action

33. RMT v United Kingdom – ECtHR – pending
34. Prison Officers Association v United Kingdom – ECtHR – pending
35. Roffey v United Kingdom – ECtHR – pending
36. Bakhsh v Northumberland Tyne & Wear NHS Foundation Trust – HC – 5 Nov
37. UNISON v Kelly – CA – pending
38. Norris v London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority – EAT – 30 Oct

Pregnancy and parental rights

39. Riezniece v Zemkopibas ministrija, C-7/12 – CJEU – pending
40. Montull v INSS, C-5/12 – CJEU – pending
41. C-D v S-T, C-167/12 –  CJEU – pending
42. RKA v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions – HC – pending
43. Warby v Wunda Group plc – CA - Dec

Equal pay

44. Birmingham City Council v Abdulla – Sup Ct – judgment awaited
45. North v Dumfries and Galloway Council – Sup Ct – May
46. South Ayrshire Council v Aitchison – Sup Ct – 23 Jan
47. Russell v South Lanarkshire Council – EAT – pending
48. MacDonald v Glasgow City Council – ET - pending
49. Armstrong v Glasgow City Council – EAT – 22 Jan
50. Audit Commission v Haq – CA – judgment awaited
51. Kenny v Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, C-427/11 – CJEU - pending 
52. Bundsrepublik Deutschland v Dittrich, C-124/11 – CJEU – judgment awaited
     
Discrimination on grounds of religion or belief

53. Eweida/Chaplin v United Kingdom – ECtHR – judgment awaited
54. Ladele/McFarlane v United Kingdom – ECtHR – judgment awaited
55. IB v Greece – EctHR - pending

Race discrimination

56. Okoro v Taylor Woodrow Construction – CA – 22 Oct
57. Pasab Ltd t/a Jhoots Pharmacy v Woods – CA - Oct
58. London Borough of Hackney v Sivanandan – CA – judgment awaited
59. Dizaei v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis – ET - April
60. Fraser v University and College Union – ET – 15 Oct
61. Begraj v Heer Manak Solicitors – ET – pending
62. Belov v ChEZ Elektro Balgaria AD, C-394/11 – CJEU – judgment awaited

Disability discrimination

63. Ring v Dansk almennyttigt Boligselskab DAB, C-335/11 – CJEU – pending
64. Ryb v Royal Bank of Scotland – ET – judgment awaited

Age discrimination

65. Skipper v BP plc – EAT – 18 Oct
66. Jessemey v Rowstock Ltd – EAT – judgment awaited
67. Lockwood v Department for Work and Pensions – EAT – pending
68. Furneaux v Chief Constable of Devon & Cornwall Police – ET – 4 Feb
 
Sexual orientation discrimination

69. ACCEPT v Consiliul National pentru Combaterea Discriminarii, C-81/12 – CJEU – pending
     
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