A trades union is to tell the employer who is being balloted for strike action. Its notice of industrial action must identify those to be ballotted. Judges: Thomas Bingham MR Citations: Times 23-Mar-1994, Ind Summary 18-Apr-1994, [1994] ICR 648 Statutes: Trade Union Reform & Employment Rights Act 1993, Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act … Continue reading Blackpool and the Fylde College v Naitonal Association of Teachers In Further and Higher Education: CA 23 Mar 1994
Further education under special needs provisions for an adult are to be tailored to his particular needs. Citations: Times 31-Oct-1996, [1996] EWHC Admin 130 Links: Bailii Statutes: Higher Education Act 1992 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Education, Local Government Updated: 21 August 2022; Ref: scu.136678
Report on Fact Finding Exercise to Support the Scottish Funding Council’s Review of Processes, Procedures and Governance at Glasgow Clyde College Citations: [2017] ScotIC 049 – 2017 Links: Bailii Jurisdiction: Scotland Information Updated: 24 March 2022; Ref: scu.581992
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The claimants sought to assert that land acquired under the 1841 Act reverted to them on its ceasing to be used for the purposes of a school. Lewison J summarised the evidence: ‘An analysis of the school registers for 1931 to 1947 shows that the children came from a variety of housing stock. Some came … Continue reading Fraser and Another v Canterbury Diocesan Board of Finance and Another: Chd 14 May 2003
The appellant had sought to challenge refusal of disability living allowance. Ultimately her request a judicial review of the Upper Tribunal’s decion was rejected on the basis that the UT, being a court of superior record, was not susceptible to judicial review save in very limited circumstancs. Held: The appeal failed, though the reasons varied. … Continue reading EBA v Advocate General for Scotland: SC 21 Jun 2011
The Home Secretary had issued directives to the BBC and IBA prohibiting the broadcasting of speech by representatives of proscribed terrorist organisations. The applicant journalists challenged the legality of the directives on the ground that they were incompatible with the ECHR, and also on the ground that they were disproportionate in going beyond the established … Continue reading Regina v Secretary of State for the Home Department ex parte Brind: HL 7 Feb 1991
The pupil had been excluded from school but then ordered to be re-instated. The teachers, through their union, refused to teach him claiming that he was disruptive. The claimant appealed a refusal of an injunction. The injunction had been refused on the basis that this was an employment dispute. The union had failed successfully to … Continue reading In re P (a minor by his mother and litigation friend); P v National Association of Schoolmasters/Union of Women Teachers: HL 27 Feb 2003
To succeed in a claim for constructive dismissal the plaintiff must establish a breach of contract by the defendant, that the breach was sufficiently serious to have justified the claimant resigning, or at least be the last in a series of events which justified his leaving, and that he left his employment with the defendant … Continue reading Western Excavating (ECC) Ltd v Sharp: CA 1978
The court was asked whether the supervisory jurisdiction of the High Court, exercisable by way of judicial review, extends to such decisions of the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) and the Upper Tribunal (UT) as are not amenable to any . .
The claimant sought to assert race discrimination by the Labour Party in not selecting him as a political candidate. The defendant, chairman of the party appealed.
Held: A political party when selecting candidates was not acting as a . .
