Weekly Issue 34 - May 1999

Time to challenge Unlucky 13

R v Secretary of State for Trade and Industry ex parte BECTU (High Court, 14 April 1999)

EAT sees sense

CWW Logistics v (1) Ronald (2) Digital Equipment (Scotland) Ltd IDS Brief March 1999 633

A stake in the future: dangers and opportunities

Thompsons seminar on Government pensions proposals

When is a strike not a strike?

Connex v RMT [1999] IRLR 249

The Court of Appeal has decided that industrial action consisting of a ban on overtime and rest-day working constituted strike action rather than industrial action short of a strike.

Victim's reaction is the key

Reed & Another v Stedman (IDS Brief 634 April 1999)
ST v North Yorkshire County Council [1999] IRLR 98

The decision of the Employment Appeal Tribunal in Reed v Stedman is more interesting for its implicit definition of sexual harassment than its perhaps predictable conclusion that Ms Stedman had been sexually harassed.

Race against time

Aniagwu v London Borough of Hackney Case 116/98 unreported

Victory for commonsense

Clark v TDG Limited trading as Novacold (Court of Appeal) Times Law Report 1 April 1999

The Court of Appeal has heard its first case under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. It has delivered a landmark judgment that is a victory for both common sense and disability rights.