The EAT rejected jurisdiction over a claim for unfair dismissal. The employment must have ‘a sufficient, that is substantial connection with this country’.
Judges:
Judge Peter Clark
Citations:
[2003] EAT 0547 – 02 – 0209, [2003] UKEAT 0547 – 02 – 0209, [2003] IRLR 824
Links:
Statutes:
Employment Rights Act 1996 196
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Serco Ltd v Lawson and Foreign and Commonwealth Office CA 23-Jan-2004
The applicant had been employed to provide services to RAF in the Ascension Islands. He alleged constructive dismissal. There was an issue as to whether somebody working in the Ascension Islands was protected by the 1996 Act. The restriction on . .
Cited – Serco Ltd v Lawson; Botham v Ministry of Defence; Crofts and others v Veta Limited HL 26-Jan-2006
Mr Lawson was employed by Serco as a security supervisor at the British RAF base on Ascension Island, which is a dependency of the British Overseas Territory of St Helena. Mr Botham was employed as a youth worker at various Ministry of Defence . .
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Employment
Updated: 08 June 2022; Ref: scu.189598