Hilton UK Hotels Ltd v McNaughton: EAT 20 Sep 2005

EAT Equal Pay Act – Article 141 – Damages/compensation
The claimant instituted a claim on the ground that she had been excluded from the respondents’ pension scheme during a period of part-time employment. The Employment Tribunal determined, as a preliminary issue, that a compromise agreement entered into between the parties did not have the effect of preventing the claimant from advancing her claim, considering the claimant’s solicitor’s lack of knowledge that the claimant had had a period of part-time employment as a key issue. The Employment Appeal Tribunal disagreed with the Employment Tribunal’s assessment of the claimant’s solicitor’s knowledge as being a key issue but found that, properly interpreted, the compromise agreement did not exclude the claim being advanced.

Judges:

Lady Smith

Citations:

[2005] UKEAT 0059 – 04 – 2009, EATS/0059/04

Links:

Bailii, EAT

Employment, Scotland

Updated: 04 July 2022; Ref: scu.234467