Hearings
England & Wales
28 Mar 1996 [1996] ICR 711, EAT
10 Jul 1997 [1998] ICR 387, CA
29 Oct 1998 [1999] 2 AC 52; [1998] 3 WLR 1070; [1998] ICR 1141; [1998] 4 All ER 609; [1999] LGR 255, HL(E)
Wilson v St Helens Borough Council
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Subject Matter
EMPLOYMENT — Transfer of undertaking — Protection of employees — Transferor dismissing employees with redundancy payments — Whether dismissals effective or contracts of employment transferred — Whether effective where organisational reason for dismissals — Employees accepting and working under new contracts with transferee paying less — Whether effective variation of contracts transferred — Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 1981, regs 5 (as amended by Trade Union Reform and Employment Rights Act 1993, s 33(1)(4)), 8 — Council Directive (77/187/EEC), arts 3(1), 4(1)
[1999] 2 AC 52; [1998] 3 WLR 1070; [1996] ICR 711; [1998] ICR 1141; [1998] ICR 387
Appellate History
Wilson v St Helens Borough Council [1998] ICR 387, CA
Decision of the Court of Appeal affirmed
Wilson v St Helens Borough Council [1999] 2 AC 52; [1998] 3 WLR 1070; [1998] ICR 1141; [1998] 4 All ER 609; [1999] LGR 255, HL(E)