It having been conceded that contracts of service fell within section 15 of the 1977 Act, the court found that the question whether the contract was a consumer contract depended on the circumstances. Though the employee pursuer was to be regarded as a consumer in relation to his contract of employment with the defenders, the term consumer may not sit comfortably on an employee in relation to his work.
Judges:
Lord Caplan
Citations:
[1991] IRLR 505
Statutes:
Unfair Contract terms Act 1977 15
Cited by:
Cited – Brigden v American Express Bank Ltd 2000
A clause providing that the employer could dismiss an employee in the first two years of employment without implementing the disciplinary procedure was not void under the 1977 Act. Section 3 extended to contracts of employment and although the . .
Cited – Commerzbank Ag v Keen CA 17-Nov-2006
The bank had sought summary dismissal of a claim for non-payment of bonuses to the claimant a former employee, and now appealed refusal of its request for summary dismissal, saying that the claim had no prospect of success. The claimant said that . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Contract, Employment, Scotland
Updated: 14 May 2022; Ref: scu.246222