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R (Independent Workers Union of Great Britain) v Central Arbitration Committee

Hearings

England & Wales

05 Dec 2018 [2018] EWHC 3342 (Admin); [2019] IRLR 249; [2019] ACD 27, QBD (Supperstone J)

24 Jun 2021 [2021] EWCA Civ 952; [2022] ICR 84; [2022] 2 All ER 1105; [2021] IRLR 796; [2021] WLR(D) 357, CA (Underhill, Coulson, Phillips LJJ)

15 Jul 2022 (appn all) [2022] ICR 1572, SC(E) (Lord Hodge DPSC, Lord Sales, Lady Rose JJSC)

21 Nov 2023 [2023] UKSC 43; [2024] ICR 189; [2024] 2 All ER 1; [2024] IRLR 148; The Times, 15 January 2024, SC(E) (Lord Lloyd-Jones, Lord Briggs, Lord Stephens, Lady Rose, Lord Richards JJSC)

Additional names

Independent Workers Union of Great Britain v Central Arbitration Committee

Subject Matter

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS — Trade unions — Collective bargaining

[2018] EWHC 3342 (Admin); [2019] IRLR 249; [2019] ACD 27, QBD

TRADE UNION — Collective bargaining — Workers — Union applying for recognition on behalf of group of food delivery riders — Application rejected on ground riders not “workers” as not required to provide services personally — Whether riders falling within scope of Convention right to trade union freedom — Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c 52), s 296(1), Sch A1 — Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, art 11

[2021] EWCA Civ 952; [2022] ICR 84; [2022] 2 All ER 1105; [2021] IRLR 796; [2021] WLR(D) 357, CA

TRADE UNION — Collective bargaining — Workers — Union applying for recognition on behalf of group of food delivery riders — Application rejected on ground riders not “workers” as not required to provide services personally — Whether riders falling within scope of Convention right to form and join trade union — Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c 52), s 296(1), Sch A1 — Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, art 11

[2023] UKSC 43; [2024] ICR 189; [2024] 2 All ER 1; [2024] IRLR 148; The Times, 15 January 2024, SC(E)

Appellate History

R (Independent Workers Union of Great Britain) v Central Arbitration Committee [2018] EWHC 3342 (Admin); [2019] IRLR 249; [2019] ACD 27, QBD

Decision of Supperstone J affirmed

R (Independent Workers Union of Great Britain) v Central Arbitration Committee [2021] EWCA Civ 952; [2022] ICR 84; [2022] 2 All ER 1105; [2021] IRLR 796; [2021] WLR(D) 357, CA

Decision of the Court of Appeal affirmed

R (Independent Workers Union of Great Britain) v Central Arbitration Committee [2023] UKSC 43; [2024] ICR 189; [2024] 2 All ER 1; [2024] IRLR 148; The Times, 15 January 2024, SC(E)

Commentary

Cloisters
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UK Labour Law
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