The claimant had been an ordained minister in the church. She sought to claim unfair dismissal. The Conference replied that she was not an employee entitled to make such a claim.
Held: The claimant was an employee.
Judges:
Maurice Kay VP, Longmore LJJ, Sir David Keene
Citations:
[2011] EWCA Civ 1581, [2012] 2 WLR 1119, [2012] 2 All ER 934, [2012] IRLR 22, [2012] QB 735, [2012] ICR 432
Links:
Statutes:
Employment Rights Act 1996 230
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
Appeal from – Moore v The President of The Methodist Conference EAT 15-Mar-2011
EAT JURISDICTIONAL POINTS – Worker, employee or neither
Claimant, a Methodist minister, brought proceedings for unfair dismissal – Tribunal held that it was bound by President of Methodist Church Conference . .
Cited by:
Cited – Singh v The Members of The Management Committe of The Bristol Sikh Temple and Others EAT 14-Feb-2012
EAT WORKING TIME REGULATIONS – Worker
NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE ACT – Worker
The issue was whether the Priest at a Sikh Temple was a ‘worker’ within section 54(3)(b) of the National Minimum Wage Act 1998. . .
Appeal from – Methodist Conference v Preston SC 15-May-2013
Minister was not an employee
The claimant asserted unfair dismissal. The Conference said that as an ordained minister she was not an employee, and was outwith the jurisdiction of such a claim.
Held: The Conference’s appeal succeeded (Baroness Hale dissenting). The essence . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Employment
Updated: 04 October 2022; Ref: scu.450111