The pursuer, living in England was dismissed from a post by the defenders whilst he was working for them in Libya. He claimed unfair dismissal. They said that his employment was not subject to British Law.
Held: The employment was governed by UK law.
Judges:
Lord Osborne, Lord Carloway, Lord Brodie
Citations:
[2010] ScotCS CSIH – 52, 2011 SLT 44, 2010 SC 698, 2010 SCLR 718, [2010] CSIH 52, [2010] IRLR 1053, 2010 GWD 27-536
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Statutes:
Employment Rights Act 1996 94(1) 244(1)
Citing:
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 . .
Cited by:
Appeal from – Ravat v Halliburton Manufacturing and Services Ltd SC 8-Feb-2012
The respondent was employed by the appellant. He was resident in GB, and was based here, but much work was overseas. At the time of his dismissal he was working in Libya. The company denied that UK law applied. He alleged unfair dismissal.
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Scotland, Employment
Updated: 21 August 2022; Ref: scu.420845