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Bates van Winkelhof v Clyde & Co llp

Hearings

England & Wales

26 Apr 2012 [2012] IRLR 548, EAT

26 Sep 2012 [2012] EWCA Civ 1207; [2013] ICR 883; [2013] 1 All ER 844; [2012] IRLR 992; [2012] WLR (D) 267, CA

21 May 2014 (Public Concern at Work intervening) [2014] UKSC 32; [2014] 1 WLR 2047; [2014] ICR 730; [2014] 3 All ER 225; The Times, 4 June 2014; [2014] WLR (D) 222; Case details, SC(E)

Subject Matter

DISCRIMINATION — Jurisdiction — Work outside Great Britain — Member of limited liability partnership working principally in Tanzania — 78 days over period of year spent in London office — Appropriate test to determine whether jurisdiction to hear sex discrimination claim — Equality Act 2010, s 45(2)

[2012] EWCA Civ 1207; [2013] ICR 883; [2013] 1 All ER 844; [2012] IRLR 992; [2012] WLR (D) 267, CA

EMPLOYMENT — Protected disclosure — Worker — Limited liability partnership — Member alleging expulsion from partnership due to making protected disclosure — Whether “worker” — Whether jurisdiction to hear claim — Employment Rights Act 1996, ss 47B(1) (as inserted by Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998, s 2), 230(3)(b) — Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000, s 4(4)

[2012] EWCA Civ 1207; [2013] ICR 883; [2013] 1 All ER 844; [2012] IRLR 992; [2012] WLR (D) 267, CA

Appellate History

Bates van Winkelhof v Clyde & Co llp [2012] IRLR 548, EAT

Decision of the Employment Appeal Tribunal reversed in part

Bates van Winkelhof v Clyde & Co llp [2012] EWCA Civ 1207; [2013] ICR 883; [2013] 1 All ER 844; [2012] IRLR 992; [2012] WLR (D) 267, CA

Decision of the Court of Appeal reversed

Bates van Winkelhof v Clyde & Co llp [2014] UKSC 32; [2014] 1 WLR 2047; [2014] ICR 730; [2014] 3 All ER 225; The Times, 4 June 2014; [2014] WLR (D) 222; Case details, SC(E)

Commentary

New Law Journal
Status Symbol 164 NLJ 9

UK Supreme Court Blog
Case Comment: Clyde & Co LLP v Bates van Winklehof [2014] UKSC 32 [2015] Cas Com 3

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