Appeal by employment judge against dismissal of whistleblower’s claim.
Held: Dismissed. An employment judge is an office-holder, and neither office holder nor worker.
Judges:
Lady Justice Gloster
(Vice President of the Court of Appeal (Civil Division))
Lord Justice Underhill
And
Lord Justice Singh
Citations:
[2017] EWCA Civ 2220, [2018] IRLR 315, [2018] 3 All ER 521, [2018] ICR 827
Links:
Statutes:
Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
Appeal from (EAT) – Gilham v Ministry of Justice EAT 31-Oct-2016
Jurisdictional Points: Worker, Employee or Neither – The Employment Judge made no error of law in concluding that District Judges are office-holders and do not also work under a contract of employment or for services. . .
Cited by:
Appeal from (CA) – Gilham v Ministry of Justice SC 16-Oct-2019
The Court was asked whether a district judge qualifies as a ‘worker’ for the purpose of the protection given to whistle-blowers under Part IVA of the 1996 Act, and if not then was the absence of protection an infringement of her human rights.
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Employment
Updated: 21 April 2022; Ref: scu.602606